Overtime Labor Employment Law Fort Lauderale

The Law Offices of Charles H. Bechert, III represents employees seeking to vindicate their legal rights in cases involving wage and hour violations.

Employment Discrimination

The Law Offices of Charles H. Bechert, III represents employees who have been the victims of workplace discrimination by their employers based on their, race, color, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Despite strict state and federal employment discrimination laws, including various sections of the Title VII Civil Rights Act and Florida Labor Code, that have been enacted to protect employees, many employers still discriminate, wrongly terminating and mistreating employees based on their race, color, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Such discrimination is illegal and punishable by law. In addition, any employee who has been discriminated against may be able to recover compensatory and punitive damages, and force his employer to comply with anti-discrimination laws.

If you or a loved one has been a victim of employment discrimination, please contact our firm.

Workplace Sexual Harassment

The Law Offices of Charles H. Bechert, III represents individuals who have been the victims of workplace sexual harassment.

Sexual harassment in the workplace is an extremely serious problem. Sexual harassment may include offensive jokes, unwanted sexual advances, and bribing employees with raises in exchange for sexual favors. Sexual harassment is a form of employment discrimination that may consist of verbal or physical abuse of a sexual nature. Generally, there are two forms of sexual harassment: (1) hostile work environment sexual harassment; and (2) quid pro quo sexual harassment. Hostile environment sexual harassment consists of where an employee is subject to severe or pervasive unwelcome verbal or sexual behavior. On the other hand, quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs where the satisfaction of a sexual demand or sexual favor is used as the basis of an employment decision. Numerous state and federal laws prohibit sexual harassment in the workplace and allow victims to recover damages for such wrongful conduct.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of sexual harassment, and would like to discuss filing a sexual harassment lawsuit, please contact us. By holding those who have committed sexual harassment responsible for their actions, future discrimination can be prevented.

Wage & Hour Claims

Our firm represents employees in lawsuits against their employers arising from the failure to pay employees proper benefits such as overtime or failure to pay the employee all wages earned.

Broadly speaking, there are two types of wage and hour claims. For example, employers sometimes improperly classify employees as "exempt," "managers," "executives," or "independent contractors" in order to avoid having to pay their employees certain benefits and overtime. These types of cases are generally referred to as "overtime pay lawsuits." In addition to the overtime pay violations, the second form of wage and hour lawsuits arise when employers fail to pay employees for all hours actually worked despite the fact that the work performed is required by the employer and benefits the employer. These types of cases are routinely referred to as "off the clock" wage and hour claims.

If your employer has failed to pay you proper benefits, overtime pay, or off the clock wages, please contact our firm.