A Georgia repair shop owner retaliated against a former employee by paying him close to $1,000 in dirty pennies
The owner of an auto repair shop in Peachtree City, Ga., is regretting his decision to pay a former employee's last paycheck in oily pennies.
Miles Walker and A OK Luxury Autoworks were ordered to pay Andreas Flaten and eight other employees more than $39,000 in a consent judgment from the Northern District of Georgia Newnan Division on June 13, which included $19,967 in back wages and $19,697 in "liquidated damages."
At the same time, Walker and his company were ordered to remove all photographs and references of Flaten from its website and social media pages and ensure that the consent judgment is posted in "conspicuous places" around the repair shop. The company also has to post a division fact sheet on the Fair Labor Standards Act's prohibition of retaliation in the shop.
The Department of Labor filed a complaint against Walker and A OK Luxury Autoworks in December 2021 after investigators found Walker and his company violated the retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Flaten also contacted the department after Walker allegedly failed to pay him his final wages and, in retaliation, Walker delivered 91,500 oil-covered pennies onto Flaten's driveway, complete with a pay stub.
The pile of pennies was so large it blocked and stained Flatens' driveway and took almost seven hours for Flaten to remove. To make matters worse,...
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