Somerset County Jail has paid 142 of its correctional officers $133,273 back wages for violating federal labor laws around overtime wages.
The county and its jail administrators came to this agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor in July following a ruling from a federal administrative judge that the jail did, despite opposing assertions, violate the federal Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The jail violated the labor rights from 2017 to 2019, when administrators paid correctional officers less overtime wages than they were entitled to per the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.
The U.S. Department of Labor described the judge’s ruling and subsequent agreement as a successful effort to set a precedent for how the federal act applies to employees who work for both state and federal governments – and make it clear to federal contractors that they need know how to follow the law moving forward.
“Federal contractors are responsible for knowing, understanding and complying with their legal responsibilities under federal contracts and laws, including the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act,” Steve McKinney with the New Hampshire Wage and Hour District. “Violations are preventable.”
The violations began in 2017, when Somerset County Jail did not issue time-and-a-half basic-wage rates for 142 correctional officers while they were handling federal inmates, per a contract with the U.S. Marshal’s Service, while working more than 40 hours a week....
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