Amit Kanodia was issued seven citations totaling nearly $27,000, according to AG Maura Healey.

BROOKLINE, MA — A Brookline man has been cited for violating the state's wage and hour, overtime, and domestic worker laws, said Attorney General Maura Healey in a news release Monday.

Amit Kanodia was issued seven citations totaling nearly $27,000 for failure to pay the state minimum wage and 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," said Healey in a statement. "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, said Healey. 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...

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