I left a job with a nice little packet of money for all of the accumulated overtime from a few years of hard work. Who would want to not get paid for their effo

I left a job with a nice little packet of money for all of the accumulated overtime from a few years of hard work. Who would want to not get paid for their efforts? Do the people deciding you shouldn't, not expect to get paid for theirs? Where is the class action lawsuit on this?