BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that her office has issued eight citations, totaling nearly $70,000 in restitution and penalties, against USA Management, LLC, a Georgia-based company which provides pool repair and lifeguard services to clients in Massachusetts and across the country.
The company, USA Management, was cited for failure to furnish true and accurate payroll records, failure to make timely payment of wages, the intentional misclassification of employees as independent contractors, failing to provide employees a meal break after six hours of work, failure to obtain a work permit for minor employees, not permitting employees to utilize earned sick leave and failure to furnish a suitable pay slip.
“Workers in Massachusetts are entitled to fair wages and treatment from their employers under our state labor laws,” AG Campbell said. “As we push for greater economic mobility for our residents, my office will continue to protect workers from exploitative workplace practices and violations of wage and hour laws.”
In July 2021, the AG’s Fair Labor Division received complaints alleging that USA Management had failed to pay wages to several employees working as lifeguards in Worcester, Massachusetts. The investigation revealed that several employees from Worcester were illegally hired as independent contractors, did not receive earned sick leave, did not receive paystubs, were denied the ability to take meal breaks when working six or more...
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