Employers will often pay hourly employees for all of the hours they work, but will simply refuse to pay the overtime at the proper overtime rates. Occasionally, employers will do this openly due to a mistaken belief that they are not required to pay overtime rates. Other times, employer will attempt to hide the fact that they are paying the overtime hours at the wrong rate by paying the overtime hours in cash or paying the overtime hours from a second account. In all of these instances, the employer is in violation of the law and the employee has a legitimate claim for additional pay.
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