Can I recoup wages regading double time that was not paid?
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Can I recoup wages regading double time that was not paid?
I currently work for a company but I am in a union but the union is not helpful in these situations; I’m planning on leaving both of them in the coming months. My contract states that I should be getting paid double time after 10 hours Monday- Saturday, and double time on any Sunday call. I tried to put this on my timecard once and was told. I don’t remember anybody getting paid double time. I’m worried that if I press the issue I will be fired. Once I leave the company I was hoping to get paid back on those hours that I would have gotten double time, which is a significant amount because I work a lot.
Asked on November 13, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Contracts are enforceable. If your employment was pursuant to (that is, governed by or under) a contract requiring that you get double time in certain circumstances, you could sue for the money the company owes you under the contract. You could sue after your employment has ended, so long as less than two years have gone by since you did the work for which you should have been paid more, but were not.
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