Employers: Gentle Shepherd Care LLC

8604 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 144

At Home Personal Care Services Inc.

1700 E. Arlington Blvd. Suite A

Greenville, NC 27585

Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Gentle Shepherd Care – which provides home healthcare services in the Charlotte area – failed to combine hours when employees worked at multiple locations during the same workweek. By doing so, the employer did not pay the affected workers their additional half-time premium rate for overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires all hours worked in a workweek be combined when calculating wages, regardless of where employees performed the work.

A separate investigation found Greenville’s At Home Personal Care paid employees straight-time rates for all hours worked, including hours over 40 in a workweek. By doing so, the employer did not pay the additional half-time premium rate for overtime as the FLSA requires. In addition, the employer failed to pay for travel time between the clients’ homes when the employees visited multiple clients during the same day and did not keep accurate records as required.

Back Wages and Liquidated Damages Recovered:

$193,768 for 98 Gentle Shepherd Care workers.

$187,148 for 28 At Home Personal Care workers.

Quote: “Workers who provide home healthcare services deserve to be paid every penny of their hard-earned wages as they care for our loved ones,”...

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