DOL Investigation Nets Big Back Pay For Healthcare Workers

Healthcare workers at 13 Southern California residential care facilities will
receive $637,000 in back wages following an investigation by the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). Investigators found that
the facilities, owned jointly by Emmanuel and Ofelia David, didn’t pay overtime
when employees worked an aggregate of more than 40 hours at two or more
facilities during the same workweek. The 212 employees worked at sites in Lancaster, Banning, Beaumont,
Cherry Valley,
Lakeview Terrace, Torrance, and Los Angeles. The back pay
covers overtime for work performed between December 2002 and July 2005. According
to the WHD, the firm has since instituted measures to ensure that hours put in
by employees who work at multiple facilities are combined for overtime pay
purposes.

The HR Management & Compliance Report: How To Comply with California Wage & Hour Law, explains everything you need to know to stay in compliance with the state’s complex and ever-changing rules, laws, and regulations in this area. Coverage on bonuses, meal and rest breaks, overtime, alternative workweeks, final paychecks, and more.