Claiming Your Unpaid Wages

Unfortunately for many hard-working people, there are some very shady employers out there. These employers may withhold wages, cheat on hours and engage in all different forms of chicanery to basically rip off the people who work for them. If you did work for someone, you deserve the money you earned and shouldn’t let intimidation keep you from seeking it out. In many cases, these types of claims are handled by a personal injury law firm . There is a distinct advantage to using these law firms to handle these cases.

Most of these law firms work on what’s called a contingency arrangement. If you’ve been denied money you were expecting, this will be of interest to you. A contingency arrangement means that the lawyer gets paid on the condition that they win your case. If you don’t win, you don’t pay them a thing. This means that they work very hard for you and, of course, if they think your case is going to lose, they won’t take it. There are several ways you can go about putting together these cases.

The attorney will need some sort of documentation that you worked the hours you claim. In the best case scenario, you have a time card or have been acknowledged as having worked those hours, but have not been paid. You may also have been paid a lesser rate than agreed upon or have been given a check that couldn’t be cashed. In any case, they owe you money and you can most certainly sue for it. There are some cases where workers sue for a specific type of pay. Overtime, for instance, is sometimes not paid by employers who hope that their employees will not put up a fight about it. Laws require that employers do pay these wages.

You can contact a personal injury attorne y and see if they take these cases. Ask them if they offer a free consultation. Oftentimes, they can determine whether or not your case is a good one during this one consultation. If they do take it, you’ll work with your attorney to file the suit. The employer may go all the way to court over it, or they may just be smart about it and pay you a settlement in the form of the wages they owe you. You’re not without resources in this situation.

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2525 McKinnon Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
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