A federal court ordered the owner of two Indianapolis home healthcare companies to pay $432,000 in back wages and damages to 171 workers who worked more than 40 hours a week but never received overtime pay.
Timothy Paul, the owner of Heal at Home LLC and TPS Caregiving LLC – also known as Comfort Keepers – was targeted by the U.S. Department of Labor with a lawsuit in August 2021 for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act numerous times between April 2018 and April 2020.
Heal at Home provides in-home pediatric and senior care, while Comfort Keepers focuses on home care and specialized care for seniors.
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According to federal investigators, the employer failed to combine hours when workers took on shifts at both companies, meaning they did not receive overtime wages even though they worked more than 40 hours a week. Federal law requires most employees are paid at least one-and-a-half times their normal wage rate per hour once they surpass 40 hours of work in a week.
IndyStar has requested comment from Paul's attorney, Michael Terrell.
“When an employer assigns workers to multiple facilities they must combine all hours worked and pay earned overtime," said Patricia Lewis, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour District Director for Indianapolis. "By failing to do so, they deny workers the wages they have rightfully earned."
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