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☷US Department of Labor recovers $94K in back wages damages for 33 underpaid employees of Las Vegas construction company | U S Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor ( By Press Release office)
May 03,2022
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US Department of Labor recovers $94K in back wages , damages for 33 underpaid employees of Las Vegas construction company Design Works Custom Painting Inc . also denied worker’s emergency paid sick leave LAS VEGAS – A federal investigation has recovered $94 , 112 in back wages and liquidated damages for 33 workers of a Las Vegas construction company that denied them overtime wages by misclassifying the workers as independent contractors . The investigation also found that the employer denied a worker sick leave in violation of the Family First Coronavirus Response Act . The U . S . Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Design Works Custom Painting Inc . paid the misclassified workers at straight - time rates when they worked hours over 40 hours in a work week , including some who worked as many as 70 hours in a week . Investigators also found the employer provided inaccurate records of hours worked by employees . These actions violated the Fair Labor Standards Act . “The Wage and Hour Division takes wage theft very seriously . Design Works Custom Painting Inc . attempted to shortchange workers by misclassifying them as independent contractors , ” said Wage and Hour District Director Gene Ramos in Las Vegas . “This errant practice is a priority for our investigators , and as the outcome of this case shows , non - compliance has costly consequences . ”The Wage and Hour Division provides multiple tools to help employers understand their responsibilities and offer confidential compliance assistance to anyone with questions about how to comply with the law . Workers can call the division confidentially with questions – regardless of their immigration status – and the department can speak with callers in more than 200 languages . Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division , including a search tool to use if you think you may be owed back wages collected by the division .
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