Did Your Employer Cheat You Out of Pay?
Holbrook, Massachusetts, Wage and Hour Claim Lawyer
If you were not paid for overtime or not paid correct wages for work performed, it is possible to go back and collect what you were owed. In fact, under Massachusetts law, you may be entitled to treble damages or triple the amount of damages to punish the employer for pocketing money that should have gone to you.
I am Doug Surprenant, an employment law attorney in Holbrook. Many of my clients in Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol counties have recovered back pay and punitive damages under wage and hour claims.
If you know or suspect you were cheated out of rightful wages, call me at 888-840-3516 for a free case evaluation and experienced representation.
Wage and Hour Claims
I have handled the full spectrum of cases in which employers knowingly or incompetently shortchanged workers' paychecks:
- Straight pay for overtime instead of time-and-a-half
- Under calculating wages (they never seem to over calculate pay)
- Docking pay for shortages or damage that's not your fault
- Not allowing employees to take meal breaks or time off
- Requiring employees to clock out and keep working
- Hourly workers misclassified as salaried to avoid overtime
- Employees misclassified as independent contractors
Many wage and hour claims stem from an unwritten agreement between a struggling employer and a loyal employee: overtime hours at straight pay, payment in cash to avoid taxes. But when you are mistreated or realize the boss was taking advantage of you (and usually co-workers), you want and deserve justice.
I know state and federal wage laws, and how to calculate what your pay should have been. Contact me today for a free, 30-minute consultation about your potential claim. There is often no up-front fee — I am paid attorney's fees or a percentage of the back wages and damages I recover on your behalf.
I have also represented employees who were wrongfully terminated after complaints about unpaid overtime or other wage and hour abuses.
