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Kopesetic
I live in Alabama, we have no laws governing overtime so it falls under the FLSA as I understand.
EDIT:
I think I should also mention that I put in 40 hours on the weekdays so the hours I work on the weekend would be overtime and would accumulate to an amount greater than the cost of my rent. I have not hassled him over this because the arrangement worked well for both of us until now. I have a lease agreement so the 'facilities' are not work-provided. He is my boss who also happens to be my landlord in this case. The arrangement is that I work the rent off instead of paying monthly to help him save money from having to pay me overtime which he will not do. Basically, I have been allowing him to work-around overtime regulations in exchange for considering rent paid each month, he has no legal right to deny me overtime for services rendered correct?
As I can also see how this might seem confusing, i'll try to map it out.
I work 40 hours Mon - Fri @ $9 an hour.
I work between 8-16 hours Sat - Sun @ $9 supposedly for rent.
I allow him to only consider hours on Sat - Sun as $9 off-the-books to help him save money. (However, the hours are all logged. He keeps a record of all hours worked by employees, on-the-books and off in a journal)
He now claims I owe him money that I do not and is attempting to exploit free labor from me. His own records prove that I do not owe him rent.
As a result, should he choose to fire and evict me, I plan to pursue legal action to get the back wages in which he owes me from overtime work.
So, basically my question is if I can go after him for back wages on overtime despite the fact we both agreed to this method? Since he seems adamant about 'throwing me under the bus' (as he put it), I think it is only fair that I go after what I am entitled to.