Legal Question in Employment Law in Louisiana

Piecework and overtime wages

I work in a warehouse/Production facility operating a machine that makes a product called Silt Fence, used in the construction industry.When I do my regular warehouse duties I am paid at a rate of 8.25 pr/hr.I am paid time and a half for any hours past 40 in a week. When I work the production I am paid at a piecework rate of $.45 per roll of Silt Fence. To make the same as my hourly rate I must produce about 150 rolls of Silt Fence a day. I then can stay and make more Silt Fence but the rate doesn't increase at all. I feel that I am being cheated out of overtime pay when I work production. Am I being unfairly paid?


Asked on 4/27/02, 3:58 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Nick Pizzolatto, Jr. Pizzolatto Law Office

Re: Piecework and overtime wages

Unless you are in an exempt position, which it does not appear since you are paid OT in the warehouse, then you are entitled to OT.

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Answered on 4/29/02, 9:39 am


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