An Orlando-based hotel staffing company that employs cleaning and maintenance workers unlawfully denied employees overtime, and has been ordered by the government to pay the workers what they’re owed — plus damages.
The U.S. Department of Labor shared in a news release earlier this month that the agency had recovered $114,000 for 100 employees denied overtime pay.
A federal investigation by the labor department’s Wage and Hour division found that APDC Cleaning Services Inc., a cleaning service company based in Orlando, failed to combine hours worked by 100 employees at several locations they service.
The company, which services 19 hotels in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina, paid the workers their usual hourly rate for overtime hours, according to the DOL, without taking into account the pay-and-a-half premium that employers are required to pay when someone works over 40 hours per work week.
“The hard work done by hospitality industry workers allows guests to enjoy their accommodations,” said Wildalí De Jesús, Orlando’s Wage and Hour Division District Director, in a statement. “[T]hey deserve to be paid all their legally earned wages, including overtime.”
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, most U.S. employees are entitled to overtime pay that’s at least one and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
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