Type of action: Fair Labor Standards Act consent order and permanent injunction
Names of defendants: Pigeon Forge Hospitality, LLC
Nimesh Patel
Resolution: On April 6, 2023, Judge Clifton L. Corker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville issued a consent order and permanent injunction in a case that the U.S. Department of Labor filed against Pigeon Forge Hospitality, LLC and Nimesh Patel, operator of a Comfort Inn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The order requires the hotel operator to pay $27,296 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to six workers.
An investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer willfully failed to pay workers at least the federal minimum wage, as well as overtime rates of at least time-and-one-half for hours over 40 in a workweek. Investigators also found that Pigeon Forge Hospitality engaged in oppressive child labor by employing two minors under the age of 12.
Along with the payment of back wages and liquidated damages, the order permanently enjoins the employer from violating the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the FLSA and requires them to:
In addition, the court ordered Pigeon Forge Hospitality and...
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