A New Kensington landscaping company has been ordered to pay $150,000 in back wages and penalties after an investigation found the employer denied overtime pay to its workers.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the investigation found that Shurina Brothers LLC did not pay employees time-and-a-half for overtime hours worked between Jan. 11, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2020. Instead, the employer paid straight-time rates off the books, which is a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the Labor Department, the business is owned by Christopher Shurina.
The company also failed to record and maintain accurate daily and weekly records of total hours worked, hourly pay rates for workweeks in which overtime was due and total premium pay for overtime, officials said.
Following litigation from the Labor Department’s Office of the Solicitor, a federal judge in Pittsburgh ordered Shurina Brothers LLC to pay more than $61,000 in overtime back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to impacted workers. The company must also pay close to $28,000 in civil penalties.
The consent judgement also enjoins the defendants from future violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record keeping requirements.
“Landscaping employees are often among the most vulnerable in the nation’s workforce,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director John DuMont in Pittsburgh. “Our investigation found Shurina Brothers LLC and owner Christopher Shurina shortchanged these...
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