A Dayton, Ohio home health care provider misclassified its employees as independent contractors.
The employer then paid workers straight time for hours over 40 in a workweek.
The provider must pay $133,661 in back wages to 63 of its employees.
A Dayton, Ohio home health care provider who misclassified its employees as independent contractors, denied workers overtime pay, and falsified payroll records to hide the violations must pay $133,661 in back wages to 63 of its employees.
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Reliable Home Health Care LLC and its owner Sheikuna Omar misclassified home health aides and office staff as independent contractors. The employer then paid workers straight time for hours over 40 in a workweek, a violation of federal law, according to a press release from the Labor Department.
The division’s investigation disclosed that the company falsified its payroll records in an attempt to hide the violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
“Reliable Home Health Care workers provided around-the-clock, daily living assistance and delivered essential care to people in need, yet their employer denied workers their earned overtime wages and then falsified records to create an appearance of compliance with the law,” said Matthew Utley, Wage and Hour...
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