Withholding pay for one pay cycle on overtime and holiday compensation

Submitted by ninahaskell on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 23:13

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I am a public employee and my municipal employer does not pay us for overtime wages and holiday compensation within the applicable time period; we have to wait until the next pay cycle to receive those wages. Is this legal?

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