Kryger Glass Co. has agreed to pay 53 workers back wages of $107,476 following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division. According to the investigation, the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions when night delivery drivers were improperly classified as exempt from overtime pay. Investigators found that $52,187 […]
An employer can pay a tipped employee as little as $2.13 per hour in direct wages, but only if that amount plus tips equal at least the federal minimum wage, and the worker retains all tips and customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips. Often, an employee’s tips combined with the […]
Company misclassified employees as independent contractors; failed to pay minimum wage BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A federal judge has ordered kgb USA Inc., the world’s largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services, to pay $1.3 million in minimum wage compensation to 14,568 of its current and former employees nationwide for violations of the Fair […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clark Cooper Painting LLC has agreed to pay $45,983 in back wages to 26 painters following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found the employees were misclassified as independent contractors and were consequently denied overtime wages. The company also violated the record-keeping provisions of the Fair […]
Company agrees to extensive monitoring program to ensure future FLSA compliance MADISON, N.J. — Daniyal Enterprises LLC and owner Waseem Chaudhary, and other companies owned and operated by Chaudhary, have agreed to pay $2 million in overtime back wages and an additional $1 million in liquidated damages to 417 workers employed at 72 of Chaudhary’s New […]
