Wage Fraud

To be prepared with a strong defense, it is crucial to know what kinds of claims your employees might make against you. There is a wide range of types of wage fraud, and you need to be prepared in case an employee or multiple employees try to defame you through these claims.

Common examples of wage fraud claims include:

• Cases where staff and employees are working extremely long daily hours but are not given the promised amount of overtime pay.
• Events where employees have been willfully misclassified as “salaried employees” so they do not have to be paid higher wages for overtime hours.
• Instances where employees have worked beyond forty hours but have still only been paid straight wages.
• Scenarios where employees have been titled “independent contractors” so the company can avoid paying taxes.
• Times when employees have been offered a job for wages below the minimum wage as mandated by the government.
• Cases where employees have only been paid for day rates at a less than minimum hourly wage, even though they have actually worked for far longer.
• Instances where employees paid by the hour have been forced to accomplish extra activities for free, either for preparation or clean up, all outside of the working window.
• Situations where management has refused to honor employees with reimbursement for work performed outside of the office.
• Times where the company refuses to pay back the employee for expenses incurred for the sake of the company, business, or organization that the employee has paid for out-of-pocket