Obama Catches Overtime Pay Violators
Posted by robert ottinger on Mon, May 10, 2010 @ 06:08 AM
Obama Catches Overtime Pay Violators
The Obama administration has vowed to protect the average worker. The U.S. Department of Labor is pursing industries that have notoriously abused workers by not paying them minimum wages or overtime pay. Here are a few of the companies that have been caught.
Garment Company Caught and Punished
A garment company in Los Angeles, Laundry Room Clothing, Inc., was ordered to pay nearly $100,000 in back wages to 53 workers and the company was enjoined from shipping any goods that were made by workers who where deprived of overtime pay or minimum wages.
Gas Station Workers Win in New Jersey
In another case, Raceway Petroleum, Inc., a New Jersey gas station operator with 700 employees, was ordered to pay $3.9 million in overtime pay and fines. Some gas station workers put in more than 100 hours a week and were not paid overtime.
Grocery Store Workers in New York City Recover Overtime Pay
A grocery store chain in Queens, New York abused workers by not paying them any wages in some cases, and not paying minimum wages or overtime pay. A total of 38 workers recovered $288,000 in unpaid wages.
The DOL found that some employees who bagged customers food were not paid at all and instead had to rely on customer tips.