Employment Law

Birmingham, Alabama Employment Lawyers

State and federal laws protect Alabama workers from many types of unfair or discriminatory actions by their employers. By suing companies that break these laws, the employment lawyers of McCallum Hoaglund Cook & Irby, LLP (“MHCI”) help enforce the laws and protect Alabama workers.

Our employment lawyers represent Alabama workers with cases of:

• Misclassifying employees as salaried or “exempt” to avoid paying overtime.
• Unpaid waiting time and other violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Wage and hour disputes
• Whistleblower protection cases
• Age, race, sex, disability and other types of discrimination complaints
• Sexual harassment complaints
• Wrongful termination or other retaliation against and employee for filing a workers compensation claim, a sexual harassment claim, a discrimination claim, or any other employment law violation
• Breach of employment contracts
• Wrongful denial of disability claims
• Other types of employment law cases

One common business practice is to avoid paying workers overtime. Alabama workers must be paid overtime for working in excess of eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week, unless the employer can show the employee falls into an “exempt” job category such as a manager. However, simply giving someone the job title of “manager” does not meet the requirements of the law for being exempt from overtime payments.

Our employment lawyers have successfully pursued claims against large companies on behalf of employees who were given the title of manager and then paid a salary equal to $3 an hour for working sixty hours per week. The employees had no managerial responsibilities and were classified as managers simply to avoid the overtime requirement.

Our firm is also pursuing claims against restaurants on behalf of waitresses who do not receive tip credit when they were asked to perform tasks for which they did not receive tips.

Our lawyers handle employment claims on a contingency basis. This means that if we do not help you recover money from your employer, you do not have to pay us any attorney fees.

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Contact a Birmingham, Alabama employment lawyer at MHCI today.

The employment lawyers at McCallum Hoaglund Cook & Irby, LLP serve clients in Alabama, including Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Jasper, Dothan, Decatur, Pell City, Hoover, Alabaster, Bessemer, Talladega, Athens, Florence, Enterprise, Ozark, Auburn, Eufaula, Jefferson County, Walker County, Madison County, Montgomery County, Shelby County, Tuscaloosa County, St. Clair County, Calhoun County, Barbour County, Bullock County and Lowndes County.