$100 per week

[Justtestingthis]

I worked for a motel and lived on site while working there for 16 months. I was only paid $100 per week. I worked 12 hour shifts and I was not allowed breaks. I worked 6 days a week. Can I seek back pay?

 

[adjusterjack]

Depends.

What state? You ignored that question. It's important.

And don't ignore these:

Were you given free lodging?

Were you given free food?

Were you given anything else for free while you were working there?

How many days a week did you actually work those 12 hour shifts?

What was the daily rate for a room that was charged to customers?

You will have to factor in the value of all of that to determine if you were paid minimum wage and overtime.

 

[Chyvan]

I worked

That's past tense. Did you file for unemployment?

 

[eerelations]

I suspect that if OP was only paid $100 for working 72-hour weeks, even including all the other factors (lodging and food etc.), he/she was underpaid. In any state. And in Canada.

 

[Justtestingthis]

I am in Arizona. Yes it was in the past. June 2015-October 2016. The renters paid $275 per week for the free room I was given. I was not given food. I worked 72 hours per week, 12 hours per day, 6 days a week. I was only paid $100 per week.

 

[LdiJ]

I am in Arizona. Yes it was in the past. June 2015-October 2016. The renters paid $275 per week for the free room I was given. I was not given food. I worked 72 hours per week, 12 hours per day, 6 days a week. I was only paid $100 per week.

Yeah, you were WAY under paid.

 

[Justtestingthis]

Im not even sure how to go about doing anything about it. Any ideas would be great!

 

[LdiJ]

Im not even sure how to go about doing anything about it. Any ideas would be great!

You want to contact your state Department of Labor and make a complaint.

However, when you do so, you will have to include the 275.00 per week that you got in housing as part of your pay.

So, you actually received 375.00 a week for 72 hours of work. So, you received an average of $5.21 per hour and did not get time and a half for the 32 hours of overtime you received each week. It looks to me like they owe quite a bit per week that you worked.

 

[FlyingRon]

Start here: https://www.azica.gov/labor-wage-claims-main-page