The Austin cases I see most
Tech and IT workers misclassified as exempt. Austin's tech economy runs on salaried workers, and employers assume a salary and a tech job means no overtime. The law is narrower than that. The computer employee exemption covers specific high-level software and systems work. Help desk staff, support technicians, hardware and network techs, QA testers, and workers who follow established procedures frequently do not qualify, and salaried does not mean exempt. If your duties do not fit the exemption, the hours over 40 are overtime. See Salary/Exempt Misclassification.
Construction workers. Austin has been building nonstop. Crews on day rates, piece rates, and 1099s work long weeks with no overtime premium. A day rate covers straight time only.
Hospitality and tipped workers. The restaurants, bars, and music venues that define the city run on tipped labor. Tip theft, illegal tip pools, tip credit violations, and off-the-clock side work are common, and a tip credit does not erase overtime.
Healthcare workers. Hospitals, clinics, and home health agencies here use the same automatic lunch deductions and off-the-clock charting I litigate across the state.
Filing in Austin
Cases for Austin workers are filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division. I represent workers only, never employers.
What it costs
Nothing upfront. Free consultation, contingency fee. If there is no recovery, you pay nothing, not even the costs.