ATTENTION: IF YOU ARE A FORMER OR CURRENT EMPLOYEE IN THE SALES, FINANCE, OR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT ANY FUTURE AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIP, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION.

You may be entitled to compensation if you answer NO to ANY of the following questions?

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DO YOU RECEIVE OVERTIME PAY?

• You may be misclassified as “exempt” from overtime. The term exempt only applies to a limited number of employees in any company. Your determine whether your employer can classify you as exempt from overtime pay regulations, not necessarily your title or that you earn commissions. You may be entitled to overtime wages for hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours in a workday and/or in excess of forty (40) hours in any workweek. Moreover, the overtime rate should include all non-discretionary pay such as bonuses, incentives, and/or additional shift-pay which means you may be entitled to more than just one and one-half or double your normal rate of pay.

DO YOU PERFORM ANY WORK OFF THE CLOCK WITHOUT PAY?

• You must be paid for all the time you work. This includes all time spent working before you clock in for your shift, during meal breaks, and after you have clocked out. Working off-the-clock without pay is illegal. Some employers “round time” which also results in underpaid wages.

DO YOU RECEIVE LEGALLY COMPLIANT MEAL BREAKS?

• If you work more than five hours, an uninterrupted 30-minute meal period must be provided no later than the end of the fifth hour of work.  When you work for a period of more than 10 hours, a second uninterrupted 30-minute meal period must be provided no later than the end of the tenth hour of work.  During these meal breaks, you are entitled to leave the premises and engage in any activity you please, free of any interruptions.  Also, some employers “round time” for meal periods, which would not otherwise be 30-minutes in length.  This in not lawful.  For each individual violation, you are entitled to compensation.

DO YOU RECEIVE LEGALLY COMPLIANT REST BREAKS?

• Your employer must authorize and permit a 10-minute paid rest period for every four (4) hours worked or major fraction thereof.  Insofar as is practicable, the rest period should be in the middle of the work period. During these rest breaks, you are entitled to leave the premises and engage in any activity you please, free of any interruptions. For each individual violation, you are entitled to compensation.

ARE YOU SEPARATELY COMPENSATED FOR REST BREAKS AND NON-SALES ACTIVITIES?

• According to the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders, as acknowledged by the Court of Appeals, employers are required to separately compensate employees for rest periods and non-sales activities.

DO YOU RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR USING YOUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE TO COMMUNICATE WITH CUSTOMERS, CO-WORKERS, OR SUPERVISORS?

• Your employer must reimburse you for all the necessary business expenditures that you incur in discharging your duties.