You May Be Owed Overtime Wages Even If You Are Salaried

The U.S. Department of Labor recently found that a restaurant group owed back wages to eleven of its employees because the employer had illegally denied these employees time-and-a-half overtime wages.  The DOL found that the company had misclassified its cooks and dishwashers as exempt from overtime wages.  Even though the cooks and dishwashers were paid a salary, none of the exceptions to overtime were applicable.  Therefore, the company was required to pay them time-and-a-half wages for all time worked more than 40 hours in a week.  https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20210310