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A federal court ordered a New Jersey company and its co-managers to pay $712,000 in back wages and damages after a Department of Labor investigation found it had deliberately denied overtime pay.
FTR Electrical & HVAC Services violated labor laws by capping staff pay at eight hours a day, no matter how long they actually worked, the Department of Labor (DOL) said in a lawsuit first filed in May 2020.
Employees regularly worked between 45 and 54 hours a week, but the company didn't pay staff extra for overtime, the DOL said.
The Union, NJ-based company, which provides electrical, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning services, also required staff to "work off the clock," and didn't keep accurate records of working hours and wage payments, the DOL said.
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