Query: What are the laws regarding full time work for part time pay?

[RummyTheDummy]

I'm currently in a situation where I get paid for a maximum of 32 hours work but am regularly asked to work well beyond that with no further compensation. I'm curious to what if any laws this violates.

[Shakespeare]

1. It varies from state to state, but if you're a non-exempt employee....

...meaning non-salaried/management, then you should be paid for any overtime you work. WalMart and KMart have just been hammered recently by huge class action lawsuits over this very thing.

Contact your local labor commissioner and inquire what the specific laws are for you, and what action you should take. If you're working, you should be getting paid for EVERY hour.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. The simple answer is that if you are a covered, nonexempt employee you are owed for the hours

under Federal law (the FLSA.)
from the FLSA section of the DOL website:

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) affects most private and public employment. The FLSA requires employers to pay covered employees who are not otherwise exempt at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
Covered employees must be paid for all hours worked in a workweek. In general, compensable hours worked include all time an employee is on duty or at a prescribed place of work and any time that an employee is suffered or permitted to work.

That is the SIMPLE answer, but as another poster directed, contact your state authorities to get a more reliable answer.