Recent content by concretejoe

What is the name of your state? KY My employer pays me 1 1/2 times my pay rate when I work past 8 hours in a workday, any hour worked on saturday, and double my pay rate on sunday as per a union contract. It also says in the contract, "and over 40 hours in a workweek." Here is my question: We...

What is the name of your state?KY I and a co-worker hired an attorney in Jan. of 2004 to represent us in a claim against our employer for overtime payment due. In Feb. 2004 he sent them a letter notifying them of our intent to sue. Two days later they "laid me off". After about another month or...

What is the name of your state? KY February 2004 my employer recieved a letter from my attorney stating that I was intending to sue for back overtime pay. Two days later they "laid me off". Well, it has been over a year and the lawsuit has been filed , but my attorney basically did nothing...

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?KY Finally, after a year since my ex-boss recieved my lawyers letter informing him of my and my co-workers intent to sue for overtime, we are going to have the first set of depositions next month. All together there are five peolpe...

i intened to let him I intend to let him handle it. I was just looking for some reassurance that I was thinking correctly. I am not presuming to know more about the law than my lawyer, and I would never "advise" him. Basically I was looking for a second opinion. Wouldn't you? I mean, I have put...

What is the name of your state? Kentucky I have posted here before about overtime exemptions in the FLSA. My co-worker and I worked for a ready mix concrete company as dispatcher and batchman respectively. We were paid on a salary basis. We talked with the wage and hour division in our city and...

thank you Thank you for your response. I'm having a hard time deciding what to do. I have already visited the wage & hour people down at the federal courthouse. I am in the process now of logging exactly what it is I do all day. I just haven't had time to go talk with them again. I want to make...

extra info. I'm sorry but there is some other information that I neglected to mention in my last post. I started in this position in January. At that time I was still being paid on an hourly bases w/overtime. I had just changed from being a driver. They kept me on an hourly bases until April...

What is the name of your state? Indiana, but I work in Kentucky. I don't know if any of you are familiar with the ready mix concrete industry, but I will try to explain my job duties to you. I am a batchman for a ready mix operation in Kentucky. I am paid on a salary bases, but I don't know if...