Resolves litigation brought against Baywood Home Care for failing to pay overtime wages
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a Minneapolis private in-home care provider to pay $1.6 million in back wages and damages, as part of the department’s effort to recover unpaid overtime wages for 136 healthcare workers in the Twin-Cities area.
On Jan. 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in Minneapolis ordered that Minnesota Living Assistance Inc. to pay $1 million upon signing the agreement, and the $600,000 balance in six equal quarterly installments beginning 90 days later.
The court’s action follows an examination of the company’s payroll records from July 19, 2018 through Sept. 1, 2020, by the department’s Wage and Hour Division. The investigation found the company, operating as Baywood Home Care, violated federal law when it failed to pay the affected workers’ overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek, and did not maintain accurate pay records. As part of its recovery, the division assessed an equal amount in liquidated damages.
“Home healthcare workers provide essential caregiving work and ensuring the dignity of people unable to care for themselves,” explained Principal Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Jessica Looman. “The long-awaited recovery of these wages will have a tremendous impact on 136 workers and their families.”
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