If you are a non-exempt employee in Georgia, federal law generally requires your employer to pay overtime at one and one-half times your regular rate of pay for every hour worked over 40 in a single workweek. While that sounds straightforward, calculating overtime is not always as simple as multiplying your hourly wage by 1.5. Depending on how you are paid, your regular rate may include bonuses, commissions, and other forms of compensation.

Understanding how overtime is calculated can help you recognize when you have been paid correctly and when your employer may have made a mistake.
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Georgia Minimum Wage Laws vs. Federal Law: Which Applies?

As an hourly worker, you are entitled to a specific hourly wage. However, with both state and federal minimum wage laws in place, determining what you are owed can be confusing. This sometimes results in employers underpaying workers. If you have been underpaid by your employer, you may be entitled to recover what you are owed by filing a lawsuit.

How to Address Wage Theft: Your Legal Options

As a loyal employee, you expect to be compensated for your work. Unfortunately, employers don’t always respect the hard work provided to them by their employees. Sometimes, this results in employers failing to pay their employees what they are owed. The official term for this is wage theft. If you are a victim of wage theft, it’s important to take the proper steps to recover what you are owed.
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Did you know that federal and state laws protect workers from an employer failing to pay proper overtime wages. It’s true. The rules governing overtime pay in the State of Georgia include both state and federal laws. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a federal law, protected and provides a minimum standard for employees across the U.S.