Many employers in this country are not familiar with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), leading to inadvertent misclassification of employees, mistakes in the structuring of overtime compensation policies, or miscalculation of wages. The FLSA is the federal statute that governs the payment of overtime wages to employees. The FLSA is a convoluted and complicated statute, and is made more complex by the extensive regulations promulgated by the Department of Labor. Few small to mid-size employers have the capacity to employ a human resources professional who is knowledgeable about FLSA requirements. Further, most small to medium-sized businesses cannot afford to retain a large corporate law firm that would have the capacity to evaluate and assess potential overtime liability and to advise them how to proactively avoid future overtime problems. The Law Office of Douglas B. Welmaker in Houston, Texas, has the capability to perform these services for employers, to assist employers in formulating overtime policies, and to defend overtime claims brought by employees or the Department of Labor. If you are an employer who has been sued or is being investigated by the Department of Labor, or if you wish to be proactive and have an experienced overtime attorney evaluate your current compensation policies to try to avoid future problems, feel free to contact The Law Office of Douglas B. Welmaker.

Unfortunately, some employers knowingly try to avoid paying employees some or all overtime that is due to them. In addition to assisting employers in their attempt to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Law Office of Douglas B. Welmaker assists employees in pursuing claims against employers who fail to comply with Federal law regarding payment of overtime compensation. Although there are a number of employers who inadvertently and mistakenly fail to comply with overtime requirements, there are a large number of employers who take advantage of their employees' lack of knowledge about overtime requirements, and therefore the employees of these companies do not receive all the compensation to which they are entitled. If you are an employee who works more than 40 hours a week and are interested in knowing whether you may have an overtime claim against your employer or a former employer, feel free to contact The Law Office of Douglas B. Welmaker for a free evaluation of your case.

ATTORNEY DOUGLAS B. WELMAKER
3355 West Alabama, Suite 1010
Houston, Texas 77098
Telephone: 866-772-1997
Fax: 713-522-9977

HOUSTON OVERTIME LAWYER DOUG WELMAKER

EDUCATION

• University of Texas at Austin, BA in English, minor in Journalism, graduated 1989
• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, graduated top 13% in 1993, Assistant Editor, South Texas Law Review, Order of the Lytae, American Jurisprudence Award, Torts I

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Wickliff & Hall, Houston, Texas (Now Epstein Becker Green Wickliff & Hall, PC)
• Brown McCarroll, LLP, Houston, Texas
• Christovich & Kearney/Preston & Cowan/Cowan & Lemmon, Houston, Texas
• Petroff & Associates, Dallas, Texas
• Currently Of Counsel to Warren & Siurek, LLP, Houston, Texas

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the State Bar of Texas
• Member of the Houston Bar Association

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS

• The State of Texas
• The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas

Law Office of Douglas B. Welmaker
3355 West Alabama, Suite 1010
Houston, TX 77098
Telephone: 866-772-1997
Fax: 713-522-9977

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