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Mike the bartender came to see us. He was working over 60 hours a week. The problem
he was only getting paid for 35 to 40 hours a week. My name is Adam Gonnelli and I'm an
employment attorney. So here's what happened with Mike. Mike would come into work, set
up the bar and then sometimes he'd be told well don't clock in until your first customer
arrives. That meant he would work a half an hour, sometimes up to an hour, before he even
got paid for it. So he would set up the bar, the first customer would come in and Mike
would work his shift. Then at the end of his shift he would be told to clock out when the
last customer left and then he would put in an hour, sometimes two hours, sometimes more
cleaning up the bar, cleaning up his whole area, setting up for the next day -- all off
the clock, all without being paid. So when Mike the bartender went to the employer and
said, "Look. I'm working all these hours I'm not getting paid for" his employer said, "Well,
if you don't like it go work somewhere else." That's when Mike decided to come to us. We
were able to analyze the situation and bring a case on his behalf. In order to look at
Mike's case, here's what we had to do. We sat down with Mike, we carefully analyzed
what he was doing, when he was clocking in, when he was clocking out and what he was getting
paid for. And we determined Mike was owed a lot of money. So we brought a case on Mike's
behalf. Now why do you need to know this? If you have a situation that's similar to
Mike's and you think you've been working without getting paid for it, what I want you to do
is pick up the phone and give us a call. We deal with these situations every day and we're
happy to try and help. I'm Adam Gonnelli and I'm an employment lawyer. Thanks for watching.