I am an hourly heathcare worker(nonexempt employee). I work as the sole nuclear med technologist in a small department which is a sub division of the hospital's radiology department. Within the last few months it is becoming nearly impossible to get any scheduled off days or weeks while other employees of the radiology department can do so at any time. My boss insists that I can not even take a scheduled day or so off but I must take two weeks at a time or nothing. Since this is not the case with any other employee in our department and since the majority of employees are female, do I have any legal grounds of recourse except to quit my job. Thanks for any insight.

Keep your own records is a piece of advice you've already figured out.

If you are a nonexempt employee, you must be paid for all hours worked. If you are not, and you point out the error, and it is not corrected by the next pay period, I would file a claim with the state Dept. of Labor. I would also note that, unless you are in a public (state or city) hospital, comp time in lieu of overtime is not permitted by federal law.

I am employed in a medical center/hospital in Alabama. I am an hourly employee not salary. I frequently have to work through lunch and turn this in has part of my hours worked. In many cases this time plus my normal hours worked turns into more than 40 hours worked in a given week. My employer frequently forgets to place these no lunches on my weekly time or biweekly check. Instead they frequently carry these no lunches over to the following week as regular time work instead of overtime as it would have been if paid in the proper week.
Does this constituent a violation of labor law for Alabama? I have been keeping records only recently. Is there any additional advice since this happens very often. Thanks.

Isn't that what I said? If you have not been paid for all the hours you worked, including working through your meal period, file a claim for unpaid wages with the state Dept. of Labor. They will investigate and order back pay if they determine it is due. All you can do is present the evidence that you have and give them any information they ask for.