Overtime Not Being Paid HELP!!!

I am in need of some advice from all of you......I was terminated from a LTC Facility well over a year ago....For not having enough PTO for being sick. I lacked 2.6 hours of PTO time. I posted about this quite the while ago....Here is the question. When I was the Charge Nurse on Day-Shift I would come in anywhere from a half-hour to 45 minutes to prepare for shift report. I would punch the time clock, but I never got paid for it. In our employee hand-book there are no rules abouit punching in.

So, getting up to speed here....a friend of mine who is also one of the Charge Nurse's at the place I was terminated from, filed a complaint with the Labor Board for our State....after my friend quit this place...this friend just found out from the Labor Board that this wonderful place has to pay for overtime that was not paid.

I have many numerous friends that are RN's that are afraid to say something about not being paid this overtime. Since my friend contacted the Labor Board, a special addendum was handed out to all the Nurse's. This addendum states that an employee can only punch in 7 minutes prior to the start of the shift, but the RN's that are going to be the Charge Nurse were told to come in early and perform their work, but punch in after they have been there...ARGH They all will be doing their work, but off the clock, now....


The Labor Board will do nothing: only with individuals complaining, but all of my nursing friends are afraid to contact the Labor Board for fear of losing their jobs.

Is there anyplace I can contact? I am owed hundreds and hundred of dollars from this LTC Facility, but the timeframe does not allow me to collect what is owed to me.

Any ideas for my RN friends?