A Westmoreland County-based home health care service provider has agreed to pay more than $380,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 46 workers working from four Western Pennsylvania locations denied overtime pay dating back to 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
The agency’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Trafford-based From the Heart Companion Service LLC and found the company neglected to pay overtime to employees at four of its locations for hours worked over 40 hours in a week, a violation of the Fair Labor Act, according to Department of Labor spokesperson Joanna Hawkins.
To resolve the violations, the company paid $191,591 in back wages plus an equal amount in liquidated damages to the impacted workers.
According to the agency, some 25 workers at its Trafford location were paid $96,350 in owed overtime wages, 11 workers from its Irwin location were paid $53,897; two employees at From the Heart Laurel Highlands were paid $23,812; and eight employees at an Erie location were paid $15,533.
Hawkins said the settlement was made after four separate investigations into the company’s practices between December 2019 through November 2021.
An investigation at the employer’s location in Hollidaysburg, operating as From the Heart at Penn State, found no violations, the agency reported.
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