The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that it has obtained a consent judgment that requires four U.S. Virgin Islands supermarkets, and their owner and former operations manager to pay 33 workers – including janitors, security guards and stock people – $240,000 in back wages and liquidated damages after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer denied them overtime wages.
Entered March 22, 2023, in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the judgment orders World Fresh Market LLC – operating as Pueblo Supermarkets in St. Thomas and St. Croix – owner Ahmad Alkhatib and former operations manager Steven Bockino to pay the affected employees $120,000 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, the U.S. Dept. of Labor announced.
The judgment also requires the employers to comply with federal minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping requirements as well as not take any retaliatory action against any employee.
In 2010, the division found Pueblo Supermarkets’ pay practices violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employer agreed to correct its practices and abide by the law.
The division’s latest investigation identified violations of the FLSA’s overtime and record-keeping requirements by Pueblo Supermarkets. Specifically, they found the employer:
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