BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey announced her office has issued seven citations against a Brookline man, totaling nearly $27,000, in restitution and penalties for violating the state’s wage and hour, overtime, and domestic worker laws.
Amit Kanodia was issued citations for failure to pay the state minimum wage, overtime wages, make timely payment of wages, provide Earned Sick Time, keep true and accurate payroll records, furnish true and accurate payroll records to the AG’s Office, and for failing to comply with Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in connection with his employment of a live-in domestic worker who worked more than 18-hours a day caring for Kanodia’s parents and cleaning his home.
“Domestic workers provide essential services to many families and individuals in Massachusetts, and they have rights and protections under the law,” AG Healey said. “My office will continue to advocate for domestic workers, take action against efforts to exploit their work, and ensure they are being paid the wages they are owed.”
The AG’s Fair Labor Division began investigating Kanodia in 2021, following a wage complaint received by the worker, who moved to Brookline from Texas to work for him. Once in Massachusetts, the worker was subjected to long hours of work doing various house chores and caretaking, for which she was significantly underpaid. In some instances, the worker was even instructed to utilize her wages to purchase groceries for the household. The AG’...
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