The department’s Wage and Hour Division found Epic Lodging Inc., operating as Days Inn Jacksonville at 1170 Airport Road, paid most employees straight-time rates, regardless of the number of hours they worked. By doing so, the employer denied them the additional half-time rates for hours worked over 40, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The agency recovered $17,342 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages for 32 workers.
Investigators also found SNL ONE Inc., operating as Jax Inn at 460 Lane Ave., violated the FLSA’s overtime provisions when it shaved overtime hours from some employees’ timecards and paid others straight-time rates for all hours worked. The division recovered $9,630 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages for five workers and assessed the employer $3,325 in civil money penalties for willfully falsifying time records to conceal overtime worked.
In addition, Merks LLC, operating as Holiday Inn Express at 537 Chaffee Point Blvd., misapplied a managerial overtime exemption for one employee and failed to pay them the additional half-time rate for hours worked over 40, resulting in the recovery of $4,297 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages for the...
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