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The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. If you are seeking legal advice, we invite you to contact us. Please do not send any confidential information to us until an attorney-client relationship has been established. Illinois lawyers are not ethically permitted to call themselves a specialist or an expert in any specific practice area. Instead, Illinois lawyers and attorneys can say that they focus or concentrate in a specific area, like overtime pay or employment law. Werman Law Office’s practice is heavily focused in labor in employment law. Werman Law Office, P.C. provides legal representation, legal assistance, advice, guidance, and litigation services in human resources law, employee relations, labor relations, labor and employment law, wage and hour matters, and discrimination law. Werman Law Office, P.C. employs many of the most experienced and best Chicago Illinois overtime pay lawyers and best Chicago Illinois labor and employment attorneys. Werman Law Office represents workers across the United States and in overtime pay cases throughout Illinois, including Chicago, Waukegan, Rockford, Champaign, Naperville, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Decatur, Springfield, Danville, Bloomington, and DeKalb. Our overtime pay lawyers practice in Cook County, Lake County, DuPage County, Winnebago County, Kane County and every other Illinois county. Our labor and employment lawyers can explain the white collar exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (“IMWL”) and other state laws that require the payment of overtime pay, minimum wages, and other wages owed to employees.
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
In Illinois, the minimum wage is $7.75 on July 1, 2008; $8.00 on July 1, 2009; and $8.25 on July 1, 2010. The Illinois minimum wage was $6.50 per hour in 2005 and 2006. Overtime pay must be paid to most employees for work over 40 hours per week. We can help with your overtime pay claim throughout Illinois, including in Cook County, Lake County, DuPage County, Will County, McHenry County. Our “Chicago Overtime Lawyers” can explain how to calculate overtime pay, what jobs are covered by the overtime rules and the FLSA and IMWL and Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (“IWPCA”), explain overtime pay rules and overtime pay regulations, why even if you are paid a salary, overtime pay may still be required, who is overtime exempt, what are overtime exemptions and exclusions from the overtime laws, what is compensable work time and what work time, including on-call time and waiting time, that employees must be paid for. Werman Law Office, P.C. lawyers and attorneys are experienced in litigating and handling claims for unpaid wages, unpaid and owed overtime pay, federal and Illinois minimum wages, owed and unpaid vacation pay, owed and unpaid commissions, owed bonus pay and compensation, and other owed and unpaid wages in the federal courts, before the United States Department of Labor and the Illinois Department of Labor. The Chicago employment lawyers, Chicago overtime pay lawyers, Illinois employment lawyers, Illinois overtime pay lawyers, Indiana employment lawyers and Indiana overtime pay lawyers at Werman Law Office, P.C. represent persons directly or can help you obtain overtime and employment lawyers in other states and cities including finding San Francisco overtime pay lawyers, Oakland pay overtime lawyers, Los Angeles overtime pay lawyers, New York City overtime pay lawyers, Dallas overtime pay lawyers and Seattle overtime pay lawyers. Our Illinois and Chicago employment lawyers are also experienced in litigating sexual harassment lawsuits, USERRA claims, FMLA claims (medical leave), pregnancy discrimination claims, compensation discrimination claims, race discrimination claims, sex discrimination claims, religious discrimination claims, age discrimination claims, wrongful termination lawsuits, disability discrimination claims, retaliation claims, and wrongful termination claims under such laws as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA), the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (IDTLSA), the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other state and federal laws protecting the rights of employees and working people. The Chicago labor and employment lawyers and Illinois labor and employment lawyers employed at Werman Law Office, P.C. are experienced and practice in the Federal Courts in Chicago and the Federal Courts elsewhere in Illinois and throughout the United States. Our lawyers are experienced in litigating claims before Illinois Courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL), the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) and Illinois Human Rights Commission (IHRC). This site is not intended to provide specific advice. This site is instead intended to provide you information about and to assist you in deciding whether you should contact an employment lawyer to discuss whether you might have an overtime claim, minimum wage claim, a vacation pay claim, a claim for owed commissions, owed bonus pay, and or a claim for other owed wages or compensation, an Equal Pay Act Claim, Pregnancy Discrimination, Compensation Discrimination or claim for Sexual Harassment, a USERRA Claim, a FMLA Claim (medical leave), or a claim for Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Disability Discrimination, retaliation, or wrongful termination claim. This site is not intended to provide legal advice. If you have questions, please contact a Chicago employment lawyer at Werman Law Office, P.C Read Full Disclaimer.
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