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Construction Workers

Apr 20 2018

Concrete Company To Pay Employees $412,000 In Back Wages & Damages

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ordered Casa Concrete Inc., a provider of concrete services, and its officers, Alice Fernandes and Manuel Fernandes, to pay $412,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 20 employees for violating the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The consent judgment also prohibits the defendants from retaliating against, or soliciting repayment of recovered wages from the employees.

Investigators found that Casa Concrete—based in Selden, New York—typically paid employees by check for their first 40 hours of work, but paid them in cash at a straight time—or lower—rates for any hours they worked beyond 40 per workweek. The company also failed to pay employees for time spent working in its Long Island yard and traveling to and from the yard to job sites. In addition, Casa Concrete failed to keep required records of employees’ work hours, rates of pay, and total wages paid.

Under the FLSA, employees are entitled to receive all of the wages they have legally earned for all the hours that they have worked. Employees with questions about the FLSA are encouraged to reach out to experienced FLSA attorneys for help.

Experienced FLSA attorneys will use all tools at their disposal—including litigation when necessary—to ensure that workers are not exploited and employers don’t gain an unfair advantage over their competitors by breaking the law.

 

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Written by Wage Authority Group · Categorized: Construction Workers

Apr 20 2018

Arizona Construction Company Paying $214,392 To 145 Employees

The U.S. District Court of Arizona entered a consent judgment requiring Scottsdale construction contractor MNI Enterprises Inc. to pay $214,392 in back wages to 145 employees for violating the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court also ordered the employer to pay an additional $25,608 in penalties due to the willful and repeated nature of the violations.

 

Investigators determined MNI Enterprises Inc. – doing business as U.S. Carpentry Tucson LLC – paid employees on a piece-rate basis without regard to the number of hours worked. Overtime violations resulted when the company failed to pay the required overtime premium of time-and-one-half for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Investigators found similar overtime violations as a result of two earlier investigations of the company in 2004 and 2013.

 

Paying employees on a piece-rate basis does not automatically exempt them from overtime. This consent judgment helps stop non-compliant employers from taking advantage of their employees and from gaining an unfair competitive advantage over competitors that strive to abide by the law.

 

We urge all employees with questions about the FLSA or any of the federal wage laws to contact an experienced FLSA attorney. All calls are confidential.

 

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Written by Wage Authority Group · Categorized: Construction Workers

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