North Carolina Employment Law

The Law Offices of Robert J. Willis practices employment law in North Carolina to help preserve workers’ rights to fair wages and safe and healthy working environments. We represent people trying to make an honest living to support themselves and their families:

• Construction workers
• Food processing workers
• Service and food industry workers
• Factory workers
• Farmworkers

Contact our firm if you think you have been the victim of unfair employment practices. We will help you bring a lawsuit against any employer—big or small—infringing on your rights.

Worker protection under the North Carolina Wage & Hour Act

The 1979 Wage and Hour Act of North Carolina was instituted as a means to protect workers from unfair wage practices. The act imposes several guidelines employers are obligated to uphold:

• Minimum wage standards
• Wage deduction procedures
• Overtime payment
• Vacation time and benefits
• Youth employment regulations

Robert J. Willis helps North Carolina workers assert their rights under this Act. He helps workers obtain overtime pay and obtain wages for all hours of work they actually perform.

Helping enforce the FLSA in North Carolina

The Law Offices of Robert J. Willis devotes itself to helping enforce the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in North Carolina as well as other states. We focus on bringing law suits that will help our clients and protect their rights under federal law.

Mr. Willis has filed more than 100 cases for illegal wage and hour practices ranging from an employer's failure to compensate for “donning and doffing” of equipment or for making wage deductions for required equipment, or failure to pay wages when due. He has helped North Carolina poultry plant workers and other plant workers claim compensation owed for time spent changing in and out of required gear for work and for illegal wage deductions.

The law respects your time—and your right to fair compensation when you spend it at work. Contact our firm to make a case for illegal off-the-clock work or unpaid production-line time. Fifteen minutes a day over several years is a big part of your life!

A message for North Carolina workers

The law recognizes the value of North Carolina workers by enacting laws to protect them from abusive employment practices. Robert J. Willis will help you take advantage of these rights.

Do not fear whistleblower consequences. The law also protects you from retaliation—making it illegal for angry employers to threaten you for taking legal action to protect your employment law rights.