17. Overtime, Commissions, Unpaid Wages
"Creditors have better memories than debtors."
James Howell, Author
i. Overtime
- NL 1: Overtime Pay: 80% of American Employees are Entitled. Are you?
- QA 1: “Is there a limit to how many hours I can be required to work?”
- QA 2: “Why is it acceptable to expect someone to work 60 to 70 hours a week?”
ii. Commissions
- NL 1: Paid by Net Sales, Net Profits, Net Revenues? – Always Ask, “Net of WHAT?”
- QA 1: “Am I entitled to commissions on sales that took place before I was fired, even though they were not yet delivered?”
- QA 2: “Can I be forced to repay commissions I never received?”
- QA 3: “Can an employer change the time commissions are earned and paid?”
- QA 4: “Can my boss tell me I have to renegotiate signed customer contracts, or suffer lower commissions if I can’t?”
- QA 5: “Can my employer change our commission plan any time it wants to?”
- QA 6: “How can I collect commissions due me from my former employer and still get a good job reference?”
- WD 1: Recoupable – Key Words & Phrases
iii. Unpaid Wages
- NL 1: “How can I get an extension to file a lawsuit on my own?”
- NL 2: “Vacation and Vacation Pay – 50 Frequently Asked Questions”
- QA 1: “How can I get an extension to file a lawsuit on my own?”
- QA 2: “If I am terminated for cause, can accumulated leave time and comp time be denied me?”
- QA 3: “If my friend is not getting paid what was promised in her offer letter, does she have any way to correct this?”
- QA 4: “Is weekend travel time of an hourly employee compensable?”
- QA 5: “Laptop missing before I left my former job. Am I responsible?”
- QA 6: “Vacation and Vacation Pay – 50 Frequently Asked Questions”
- QA 7: “What recourse do we have after our employer has reduced salaries 10% across the board?”
“If you live your life the right way,
your later years will not be a winter,
but rather a harvest.”