Alabama
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Alabama Dept of Labor
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Alaska
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1.5 rate for more than 8 hours per day or
40 hours per week
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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2 years for minimum wage and overtime violations; 3 years for straight time and benefits violations
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Alaska Wage and Hour
Act
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Dept of Labor and Workforce Development
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Arizona
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Triple
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1 year
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Arizona Wage Law
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The Industrial Commission of Arizona
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Arkansas
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Nursing (unpaid)
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Arkansas Code Title 11
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Arkansas Department of Labor
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California
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1.5 rate for more than 8 but less than 12 hours per day or 40 hours per week,
Double rate for more than 12 hours per day or more than 8 hours on the seventh consecutive work day.
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Unpaid 30 minute meal break per 5 hours of work. Paid 10 minute rest break per 4 hours of work
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Double amount of unpaid wages
Triple if not paid within 10 days
of ruling
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3 years
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California Labor Code
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Industrial Welfare Commission
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
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Colorado
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
or 12 hours per day
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Unpaid 30 minute meal break per 5
hours of work. Paid 10 minute rest
break per 4 hours of work
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2 years
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Colorado Wage Claim
Act
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Colorado Department of Labor and
Employment
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Connecticut
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Unpaid 30 minute meal break for
shifts of 7.5 hours or more
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Connecticut General
Statutes, Title 31, Ch. 558
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Connecticut Department of Labor,
Wage and Workplace Standards
Division
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Delaware
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Unpaid 30 minute meal break for
shifts of 7.5 hours or more (must be after first two hours a before last two hours of shift)
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Double
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10.5 months
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Wage Payment and
Collection Act
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Delaware Department of Labor
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DC
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week |
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3 years
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Wage Payment Act
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District of Columbia Council, Wage and
Hour Office
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Florida
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Labor Pool Act
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Georgia
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Georgia Department of Labor
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Hawaii
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At least 1.5 rate for more than 40 hours
per week
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Unpaid wage plus 6 percent interest
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6 years
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Wage and Hour Law;
Payment of Wages and
other Compensation Law
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Hawaii Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations
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Idaho
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Triple amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Idaho Wage Act
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Department of Labor
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Illinois
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Unpaid 20-minute meal break for shifts 7.5 hours or longer no later than 5 hours into the shift
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Unpaid wages plus 2 percent for each
month of underpayment
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1 year
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Wage Payment and
Collection Act, Minimum Wage Law, One Day Rest in Seven Act
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Illinois Department of Labor
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Indiana
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Indiant Wage Payment
Statute, Wage Claim
Statute
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Indiana Department of Labor
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Iowa
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5 percent of unpaid wages each day capped at total amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Iowa Wage Payment
Collection Act
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Division of Labor Services
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Kansas
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1.5 rate for more than 46 hours per week
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1 percent of unpaid wages per day
(excluding Sundays and holidays)
up to the total of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Kansas Wage Payment Act
and Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Law
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Kansas Department of Labor
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Kentucky
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Paid 10-minute rest break for
every 4 hours worked. Unpaid
'reasonable meal period' no sooner than 3rd hour or later than 5th hour worked
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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6 months
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Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapters 336, 337, 339 & 343
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Kentucky Labor Cabinet
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Louisiana
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90 days of wages or full wages
from the time of the employee's demand for payment, whichever is lesser
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3 years
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Wage Payment Act
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Louisiana Workforce Commission
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Maine
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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30-minute rest or meal break
(paid or unpaid) when working 6 or more consecutive hours
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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6 years
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Maine Employment Practices Law
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Maine Bureau of Labor Standards
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Maryland
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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15-minute break for retail
workers working more than 4 consecutive hours, 30-minute break for working 6 consecutive hours, additional 15-minute break for 8 consecutive hours
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Triple amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Wage Payment and Collection Law
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Department of Labor and Industry
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Massachusetts
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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30-minute unpaid meal break within the first 6 hours of work
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Triple amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Massachusetts General Laws Chapters
151 and 149
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Office of the Attorney General and the
Division of Occupational Safety
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Michigan
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Difference between wages paid and wage owed and equal amount liquidated damages
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3 years
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Payment of Wages and Fringe Benefits Act and the Workforce Opportunity Act
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Wage and Hour Division
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Minnesota
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1.5 rate for more than 48 hours per week
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Sufficient time to use the restroom within 4 consecutive hours of work. Sufficient time to eat a meal for eight of more consecutive hours of work
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act and Minnesota Payment of Wages Act
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship
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Mississippi
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Only the amount of lost wages
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Mississippi Employment Security Commission
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Missouri
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Missouri Code Regulation Annotated, Title 8, Division 30, Chapter 4
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Division of Labor Standards
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Montana
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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110 percent of wages due and unpaid
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2 years
(must be filed within 180 days)
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Montana Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation Act
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Montana Labor Standards Bureau, Wage and Hour Unit
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Nebraska
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Employees in assembly plants,
workshops, or mechanical establishments must be given a 30-minute break for each 8-hour shift
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Amount equal to unpaid wages, double if the employer committed a willful violation
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2 years, 3 for willful violation by employer
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Wage Payment and Collection Act and the Wage and Hour Act
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Commissioner of Labor
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Nevada
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1.5 rate for more than 8 hours per day or
40 hours per week (workers earning one and one-half times minimum wage are exempt from daily OT rule)
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2 years
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Nevada Revised Statute Chapter 608
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Office of the Labor Commissioner of the Nevada Department of Business and Industry
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New Hampshire
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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30-minute meal break for shifts more
than 5 consecutive hours
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3 years
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New Hampshire Revised Statute Title XXIII, chapter 275-279
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New Hampshire Department of Labor
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New Jersey
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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2 years
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New Jersey Wage Payment Law, New Jersey Wage and Hour Law, New Jersey Wage Collection Law
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New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce
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New Mexico
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
for employees covered by the Minimum Wage Act
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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New Mexico Codified Statutes Ch. 50, Art.1
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Workforce Solutions Department
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New York
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Factory workers must receive one hour
meal breaks, others 30-minute breaks for shifts more than 6 hours between 11am and 2pm
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Full amount of wages owed
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6 years
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New York Labor Law
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Department of Labor Standards
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North Carolina
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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North Carolina Wage and Hour Act
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Labor Standards Bureau
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North Dakota
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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30-minute unpaid meal break for shifts exceeding 5 hours
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Interest on unpaid wages, double if
employer has been liable for two previous wage claims, triple if three or more in one year
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2 years
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North Dakota Century Code 34
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Department of Labor and Human Rights
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Ohio
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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2 years
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Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 4111
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Ohio Department of Commerce, Wage and Hour Bureau
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Oklahoma
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Double amount of unpaid wages
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Oklahoma Protection of Labor Act
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Commissioner of Labor
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Oregon
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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30-minute unpaid meal break for work
periods exceeding 6 hours, 10-minute rest break (paid) for each four-hour segment of work
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2 years
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Oregon Revised Statute 651
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Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, Wage and Hour Division
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Pennsylvania
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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25 percent of the total wages due or $500
whichever is greater
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3 years
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Pennsylvania Code Title 34, Part XII
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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Labor Law Compliance
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Rhode Island
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Unpaid 30-minute meal break for 8 hours shifts, 20-minute unpaid meal break for 6-hour shift
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Double the amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Rhode Island Payment of Wages Act
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Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
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South Carolina
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Triple amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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South Carolina Code Chapters 10 and 13
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South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
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South Dakota
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Double amount of unpaid wages if employer has been 'oppressive, fraudulent, or malicious'
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2 years
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South Dakota Codified Laws Title 60, Ch. 5
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South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation
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Tennessee
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30-minute unpaid rest or meal break if scheduled to work six consecutive hours (nongovernmental employers with five or more employees)
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1 year
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Tennessee Wage Protection Act
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Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
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Texas
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2 years
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Texas Pay Day Act
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Texas Workforce Commission
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Utah
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5 percent of unpaid wages daily until paid not to exceed 20 days
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1 year
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Utah's Payment of Wages Act
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Utah Labor Commission, Division of Antidiscrimination
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Vermont
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Reasonable opportunities to eat and use
the restroom, unpaid if less than 30 minutes
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Double the amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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Vermont Statute Title 21, Chapter 5
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Vermont Department of Labor
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Virginia
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Unpaid wages plus 8 percent per year from the date wage should have been paid
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3 years
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Vermont Statute Title 21, Chapter 5
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Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
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Washington
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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30-minute unpaid meal break for working more than 5 consecutive hours. 10-minute rest period for each four hours of working time, paid.
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Double the amount of unpaid wages
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3 years
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Washington Minimum Wage Act, Industrial Welfare Act, Standards of Labor regulations
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Washington Department of Labor, Industries Department
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West Virginia
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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20-minute meal break for employees
working at least a 6-hour shift
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Double the amount of unpaid wages
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2 years
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West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act, West Virginia Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Act
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West Virginia Division of Labor
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Wisconsin
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1.5 rate for more than 40 hours per week
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Recommended: 30-minute meal break for shifts of 6 or more hours
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50 percent of amount of lost wages
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2 years
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Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 104
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Department of Workforce Development
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Wyoming
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2 years
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Wyoming Statues Title 27
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Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
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