HR Management & Compliance

Food Manufacturer Pays Millions in Back Wages to Temporary Workers

According to a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) press release, two federal investigations have found that temporary production line workers at J&J Snack Foods Corp., a North American manufacturer and distributor of popular food and beverages, were significantly cheated out of their wages by the company and two staffing firms hired to provide the workers.

The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division found J&J and the staffing firms denied minimum wage and overtime pay to workers as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As a result, J&J—a repeat FLSA violator—has agreed to pay a total of more than $2.1 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 677 workers.

Earlier this year, the department found that J&J and Pennpak, a staffing firm that provided workers at the J&J facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, failed to pay their workers at least the federal minimum wage and overtime.

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