Recent Cases

Over the past decade, the Shavitz Law Group, P.A. has represented thousands of employees and helped to recover tens of millions of dollars in unpaid wages, damages and overall relief as a result of alleged violations of these employees’ right to fair compensation in the workplace. 

Some of the firm’s recent outcomes have included successfully representing:

• More than One Thousand, One Hundred (1,100) bus drivers of a local government who alleged that they were made to work off-the-clock without full overtime pay.
• Over One Hundred (100) mortgage loan officers of regional and national financial institutions who alleged that they were paid only a salary and/or commissions without receiving overtime compensation for their hours worked in excess of Forty (40) per week.
• More than Three Hundred (300) drivers & helpers of national waste disposal companies who alleged that they  didn’t receive the full extent of their overtime wages as a result of daily lunch break deductions that were made to their actual hours worked despite these breaks allegedly not being taken.
• Over One Hundred (100) merchandisers who worked for various companies, performing duties such as driving routes and restocking shelves and coolers who alleged that they were not  paid overtime wages for all of the hours they worked over Forty (40) per week.
• More than One Hundred (100) counter sales persons who worked for parts distributors and who alleged that they were denied overtime compensation for their hours worked in excess of Forty (40) per week.
• Local roofers who were paid piece rate wages, in this case a specific dollar amount per shingle installed, and who allege that their employer failed to pay the additional overtime compensation due beyond the piece rate for all hours worked in excess of Forty (40) per week.
• One (1) cook employed by a restaurant for more than a decade who alleged that he was misclassified as exempt by virtue of being given the title of “Chef,” and who claimed to be owed approximately Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) in unpaid overtime wages alone for a three (3) year period.

To learn how the Shavitz Law Group, P.A. may be able to help you recover your unpaid overtime wages, or to ensure that you receive fair pay and equal treatment in the workplace, CONTACT US today for an individual evaluation from one our dedicated team members.