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☷US Department of Labor recovers $143K in wages for 90 workers in New Orleans whose employer denied them overtime | U S Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor ( By Press Release office)
May 04,2022
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News Brief US Department of Labor recovers $143K in wages for 90 workers in New Orleans whose employer denied them overtime United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans Inc . underpaid employees Employer name: United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans Inc . Investigation site: New Orleans , LouisianaInvestigation findings: The U . S . Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans Inc . failed to pay overtime to direct service workers , wrongly claimed that its workforce qualified for the FLSA’s companionship exemption , and that its payment structure included overtime premiums , in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act . The investigation determined the employer owed the non - exempt employees an additional one - half their regular hourly rate of pay for overtime hours . Back wages recovered: $143 , 404 in owed overtime to 90 workersQuote: “Home healthcare workers work long hours for low pay , and they deserve every dollar they earn , ” said Wage and Hour District Director Troy Mouton in New Orleans . “This investigation of United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans Inc . ’s pay practices highlights problems that remain too common in the home healthcare industry . The employer could have avoided this investigation with one phone call to the Wage and Hour Division . Instead , essential workers went without the wages they earned for far too long . ”
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