Wage and Hour Blog

By Randy Estes, October 5, 2026 We hear this question a lot. Workers know their checks are short. They know they’re putting in fifty or sixty hours and getting paid for forty, or getting straight time when they should be

By Randy Estes, September 17, 2026 It’s one of the most common things we hear from Louisiana workers: “I’m on a salary, so I don’t get overtime.” Employers say it so often that most people take it as fact. It

A day rate, a salary, or a 1099 doesn’t take away your overtime. What oilfield workers in Louisiana need to know about their right to overtime pay under the FLSA.

By Dan Davis, September 3, 2026 You earned the tips. But at the end of the night a chunk gets funneled to the manager, or the owner keeps the credit-card tips, or you are told to “tip out” the kitchen

By Dan Davis, September 3, 2026 You show up when they tell you to, use their tools, and work only for them – but at tax time you get a 1099 instead of a W-2, and you have never seen

By Dan Davis, August 28, 2026 You worked the hours. The overtime never showed up on your check. Now you’re wondering who actually has to pay you back — especially if the company is small, always “broke,” or looks like

By Dan Davis, August 19, 2026 Almost every Louisiana worker has done it. You clock out and then finish closing. You answer your supervisor’s texts from the couch. You stay late to wrap up a job because leaving it half-done

By Dan Davis, August 14, 2026 If you work irregular, unpredictable hours — long weeks, short weeks, whatever the job demands — but your paycheck is the same fixed amount every week, your employer may be using something called a

By Dan Davis, July 29, 2026 If you drive to job sites for work, start your day with calls from home, or split your time between home and an office, you may wonder whether the hours you spend traveling are

By Dan Davis, July 22, 2026 Plenty of Louisiana workers eat lunch at their desk, answer the phone during a “break,” or get called back to the floor before their thirty minutes are up — and never stop to ask

By Dan Davis, July 8, 2026 If you show up early to get your station ready, boot up a computer, put on required gear, or take a handoff from the last shift — and none of that time shows up

By Dan Davis, July 15, 2026 Most people assume overtime is simple: work more than 40 hours in a week, get paid one-and-a-half times your hourly rate. But there is a wrinkle that costs Louisiana workers real money without their

A January 2026 U.S. Department of Labor opinion confirms that most bonuses must be included when calculating overtime pay. Here is what it means for Louisiana workers paid a base wage plus bonuses.