Legal Question in Employment Law in Maryland

I am an hourly employee that supposed to work an 40 hour work week. My job made me work ridiculous overtime hours, and told me to leave early until I was able to work my overtime hours done (walk time). I had already acumulated 25 hours and 35 minutes of walk time before I was able to work my walk time hours off. While I was trying to walk my overtime hours down, I was still having to work on my own time, and accumulating more hours. If I am being paid by the hour, shouldn't my employer pay overtime, and after 80hours biweekly pay time in a half? I am being retaliated on because I went to the union. My hours that they added up as overtime hours is incorrect, and I would like to know how to be paid my money, without being retaliated against.


Asked on 5/14/10, 5:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cedulie Laumann Arden Law Firm, LLC

Both state and federal laws require payment of overtime in most situations. Note that some positions / industries are exempt from the general overtime laws, so you would first want to determine whether your employer must pay overtime under the law or whether it is exempt.

If your employer should have paid OT but didn't, you have two basic options --- you can either complain to gov't officials for them to investigate or you can pursue civil action yourself by filing a lawsuit for violations of the wage and hour laws.

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Answered on 5/27/10, 2:22 pm


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