How much time do I have to bring a claim for unpaid overtime wages or minimum wage?
The law (the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA) provides that you can recover unpaid wages owed to you going back two years (three years if the employer’s conduct was deliberate or reckless). This is a running two years, so to speak, so the two years is measured from whenever you bring your claim. For example, if you brought your claim on January 1, 2007, you could collect unpaid wages from January 1, 2005 through January 1, 2007. If you brought your claim on January 1, 2008, you could recover unpaid wages from January 1, 2006 through January 1, 2008.
