FLSA · 29 U.S.C. § 206–207

Work and wages: your rights as an employee

Minimum wage, overtime, back pay and how to complain without losing your job. Federal law sets the floor; your state can give you more.

• Your rightsUnpaid overtime and wages: your rightsFederal law requires time and a half after 40 hours for most workers. How to check if you're owed back pay, file a free confidential complaint and meet the deadline.
• In your stateOvertime in California: daily overtime and double timeCalifornia pays overtime after 8 hours in a day, not only after 40 in a week, and double time after 12. How to check what you are owed and file a wage claim.

General information, not legal advice.