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3 Reasons Why Your Paycheck is Wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you think nothing is wrong with your paycheck, you may want to take a closer look. Many workers are uncertain on how to decipher their paycheck, let alone how to tell if they have been shortchanged. With nuances in Federal Labor Laws as well as lesser known New York State and local labor laws, you have rights that may be going overlooked. Read on below to see what you might be missing: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. You are paid every 2 weeks instead of weekly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are working in the state of New York as a manual worker and are getting paid biweekly instead of weekly, you may be owed wages. The state of New York requires that employees who spend the majority of their shifts doing physical labor receive their pay every week. Many manual workers in industries such as retail and construction, are often paid every two weeks even though it is in direct violation of the New York Labor Law (\u201cNYLL\u201d). If an employee or worker spends more than twenty-five percent of their shift completing physical tasks, they should be considered manual workers under NYLL and must be paid their wages within seven calendar days after the end of the week in which these wages were earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Not all your work hours are counted.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the type of work you complete, regardless if you are salaried or hourly, you must be paid for all of your hours worked\u00a0under the Fair Labor Standards Act (\u201cFLSA\u201d)\u00a0and the New York Labor Law (NYLL).\u00a0Often times, in order to\u00a0complete all work assigned, employees\u00a0may\u00a0find themselves\u00a0working\u00a0off-the-clock,\u00a0before shifts begin,\u00a0after shifts are over or through unpaid lunch\u00a0and\u00a0break periods.\u00a0Whether these unpaid hours were prior to the pandemic\u00a0or during,\u00a0your employer should be paying you for all your hours worked.\u00a0Recently, many\u00a0employees\u00a0have transitioned\u00a0to working from home\u00a0and\u00a0have\u00a0actually seen\u00a0an uptick in their hours worked but have not had it reflected in their paychecks.\u00a0These\u00a0unaccounted for\u00a0work hours\u00a0quickly\u00a0add up,and often push\u00a0workers\u00a0into\u00a0the overtime threshold.\u00a0Under the\u00a0law, working over 40 hours per week\u00a0entitles you to time and a half your regular\u00a0hourly rate for every hour you work over 40.\u00a0If you feel\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0been\u00a0experiencing\u00a0unpaid work hours, you may be leaving\u00a0wages and overtime on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Not all your compensation is factored into your overtime rate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lure of some jobs is that they offer bonuses or additional pay, but what many don\u2019t realize is that some industries take advantage of these bonuses and don\u2019t factor them correctly into your pay. Companies often fail include all forms of pay, such as bonuses and stipends, into overtime calculations, as required by law. If you are compensated hourly and receive additional pay, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Quarterly bonuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Per diem stipends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Shift bonuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Loyalty bonuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Extension bonuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Completion bonuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Pandemic bonuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you may be owed significant overtime if these forms of supplemental compensation are not calculated correctly in your overtime rates when working over 40 hours per workweek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What <\/strong>c<\/strong>an I do <\/strong>if<\/strong> <\/strong>s<\/strong>omething is wrong with my paycheck?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately,\u00a0these paycheck errors\u00a0are not uncommon\u00a0and are seen\u00a0throughout many industries in New York and\u00a0across the United States.\u00a0Learning\u00a0to decipher your paycheck\u00a0can be instrumental in\u00a0figuring out\u00a0if you\u2019re\u00a0underpaid\u00a0and are owed money.\u00a0To get a better understanding\u00a0of your paychecks,\u00a0getting in contact with an employment or\u00a0labor attorney can be\u00a0very helpful.\u00a0Many offer consultations to\u00a0get a clearer picture\u00a0on your specific situation and how your rights may be affected. Our firm, Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP, offers a\u00a0free phone consultation that can be scheduled\u00a0at\u00a0your earliest convenience to see if you may have a claim.\u00a0Give us a call at (212) 300-0375 or visit our website\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for additional helpful information regarding your rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3 Reasons Why Your Paycheck is Wrong<\/p>\n

\nIf you think nothing is wrong with your paycheck, you may want to take a closer look. Many workers are uncertain on how to decipher their paycheck, let alone how to tell if they have been shortchanged. With nuances in Federal Labor Laws as well as lesser known New York State and local labor laws, you have rights that may be going overlooked. Read on below to see what you might be missing: <\/p>\n

1. You are paid every 2 weeks instead …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law"],"yoast_head":"\n3 Reasons Why Your Paycheck is Wrong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Click here to learn more about how your paycheck may be wrong and how significant amount of wages may be owed to you.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/3070\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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