Type of action: Fair Labor Standards Act consent order and permanent injunction
Names of defendants: 811 Autoworks LLC, operating as AOK Walker Luxury Autoworks
Miles Walker
Resolution: On June 13, 2023, Judge Timothy C. Batten of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Newnan Division, issued a consent judgment and permanent injunction in response to a suit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging retaliation against a former employee by 811 Autoworks LLC – a Peachtree City auto repair shop operating as AOK Walker Luxury Autoworks – and its owner Miles Walker.
An investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer retaliated against a former employee who contacted the division after the employer failed to pay his final wages. Investigators learned that Walker later paid the former employee’s final wages of $915 by delivering about 91,500 oil-covered pennies and a pay stub marked with an expletive to the worker’s home. The employer also published defamatory statements about the former employee on the company’s website.
The division also determined Walker violated the FLSA’s overtime provisions by paying the complainant and other employees straight-time rates for all hours worked, including for hours over 40 in a workweek when an overtime rate-of-pay was legally required.
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