Delegal Law Offices, P.A. Attorneys at Law

424 East Monroe Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 633-5000
Fax: (904) 358-2850

 

Overtime Issues - Questionnaire

Please complete the following information as thoroughly as possible. After you have completed the general information section, you will be asked to complete the other questions which pertain to your particular case. In some instances, you may be prompted to answer additional questions which may relate to a different area of employment law, but which may also relate to your particular situation.

Even though we have attempted to obtain detailed information through these questionnaires, an in-person consultation is usually necessary to fully evaluate the case and to determine whether we can provide legal services to a prospective client.   If you wish to ensure the confidentiality of any information you provide to us, please call our office for an in-person consultation with one of our attorneys, instead of completing this internet questionnaire. 

Name:

Address (include city, state, and zip):

Telephone:

 - Home

 - Work

 - Cell

Email address:

Confirm email:

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Gender:

Race:

US Citizen:

Employer about whom you are contacting us.

Address of employer:

Does your employer gross over $500,000 a year?

Rate of pay:

  per 

Hire Date:

 

Last position held:

 

Are you still employed with this employer?

If no, why did you leave?

Are there any written documents outlining the terms of your employment?

Did you have a written contract?

Are you required to arbitrate employment disputes?

If yes, have you requested arbitration of this matter?

Do any of the documents provided or maintained by your employer contain an overtime policy?

What is that overtime policy?

Did that policy require you to obtain approval before working overtime?

If you were required to request approval, did you do so?

Why or why not?


How many hours a week did you work, on average?  (Please include all breaks which were required to be taken on site, any pre or post work preparation or follow-up, and any time which you were required to travel between the employer?s facilities or locations.)

What was the method of reporting hours?

If other, please explain.

Did you ever have to stay before or after work to complete any tasks that were directed by your supervisor(s) or which were required to do your jobs?

If yes, then how do you know that your supervisor(s) knew of the amount of work you were performing?

How often did you have to perform these tasks?

How many hours per day or week did you perform these tasks?

Over the past two years, how often did this take place?

Did anyone ever tell you that you had to work hours greater than 40 a week?

Who communicated to you that you had to work additional hours?

How many compensated hours did you receive for the following?

Did you ever receive payment for bonuses?

How much pay did you receive over the past two years?

How much pay did you receive over the past three years?

Did you ever receive other compensation of any other type from your employer that was not for hours worked?

If so, what type?

How much of such pay did you receive over the past two years?

How much of such pay did you receive over the past three years?

What were you told regarding your employer?s policy about paying overtime?

Who told you this information?

What was this person?s position with the employer?

Did you ever receive any type of overtime payment?

If so, how much and when?

Were you ever told you were on a salary?

If yes, what were the terms of the salary arrangement?

Did you supervise any employers?

If so, how many?

What were your job responsibilities in your position?

Where you responsible for any management-type functions?

If yes, what percentage of your job was related to such functions?

What were the functions that you would consider to be managerial?

Did your position require a professional degree or artistic skills?

If yes, please explain.

What were you told regarding why you were paid on a salary basis?

Why do you believe that you were on salary status?

Did you obtain any commissions for your work?

Were you employed by either a retail or service establishment?

Were commissions more than 50% of your weekly compensation.

Were you ever provided any compensatory time options (an offer to take additional off rather than receive overtime pay)?

Check any of the following which applied to your position.

Local delivery driver or taxi driver paid on the basis of the number of deliveries made

I worked more than 20% of my time on a seagoing or inland vessel

Air transportation employee

Automobile or truck salesperson, parts person, or mechanic

Involved in work related to transportation by railroad

Involved in the transportation of good in interstate commerce

Position dealt with the safety of a vehicle which transported goods in interstate commerce

Position was primarily agricultural in nature

Worked in a hospital or establishment engaged in the care of sick, aged, or mentally or physically disabled persons

Worked in domestic service in a home

If you checked any of the boxes above, please explain further how your position fit any of these categories, or why you are unsure whether you fit any of these categories.

Have other employees also been denied overtime?

Approximately how many?

Are any willing to participate in this litigation with you?

List name(s), phone number(s) and whether each is a current employee.

Do you have any documents, notes or calendars detailing the number of hours you worked?

If so, please describe.


How did you hear of our firm?

If an attorney referred you, what is the name of the attorney or firm?

If another person referred you, what is that person?s name?

Have you ever previously formally charged any employer with violation of employment law (for example, violations of overtime laws, OSHA regulations, or EEOC violations)?

If yes, please describe.

Have you ever sued anyone before for any reason?

If yes, please explain the nature of the lawsuit and the result.

Additional Information

Please provide any additional information about yourself or the case which would help the attorneys understand your potential case or explain your answers to the above questions.

Scheduling

We will contact you by email unless this is not possible.  If you cannot communication via email, please indicate the most convenient method of communication and the best time and day to contact you.

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Delegal Law Offices, P.A.
424 East Monroe Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 633-5000
(904) 358-2850 Fax

Protecting your career is our business.
The Jacksonville, Florida attorneys at Delegal Law Offices represent employees in a wide range of employment law concerns. Our clients come from throughout the Greater Jacksonville area and Northeast Florida including the counties of Nassau, Baker, Flagler, Duval, St. Johns, and Clay, and from communities such as St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach,
Jacksonville Beach, Palm Valley, and Orange Park.

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