Affectionate Home Health Care, owners also ordered to pay $219K penalty
LANSDOWNE, PA – Nearly 400 home healthcare workers, employed in an industry rife with overtime violations, will receive the wages they are owed after the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment ordering a Philadelphia-area agency and its owners to pay them more than $2.3 million. A federal investigation found the employer willfully shortchanged employees’ hard-earned overtime wages.
Following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division and litigation by its Office of the Solicitor, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered a judgment on Jan. 24, 2023, requiring Affectionate Home Health Care Services LLC in Lansdowne and owners Ashford B. Sonii and Habibatu K. Dumbar to pay $1,176,883 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 398 home healthcare workers.
“Home healthcare workers provide essential services to people who depend greatly on their care, and these workers deserve to be fairly and fully compensated,” said Principal Deputy Wage and Hour Administrator Jessica Looman. “The Wage and Hour Division will vigorously protect the workplace rights and dignity of these workers and ensure employers fulfill their obligation to comply with federal labor laws.”
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