Employer: Heart2Heart Homecare Service Inc.
Investigation site: 483 John R. Junkin Drive
Natchez, MS 39120
Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the employer – a third-party entity that provides workers to private homes needing assistance – failed to pay workers overtime at time-and-one-half their regular rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek, as the law requires. By law, a third-party provider cannot claim an overtime exemption. In addition to failing to pay overtime, Heart2Heart failed to maintain a record of the employees’ total overtime hours and the correct hourly rate for hours over 40 each workweek, both Fair Labor Standards Act violations.
Back Wages Recovered: The division recovered $173,506 in back wages for 26 workers.
Civil money penalties assessed: The division assessed a civil money penalty of $11,466 to address repeat violations. Investigators previously found overtime violations during a review of the employer’s records from Feb. 21, 2015, to Feb. 17, 2017, resulting in $79,237 in back wages recovered for 83 employees.
Quote: “Overtime violations in the healthcare industry are a common occurrence. Employers who fail to pay these essential workers the wages they have earned make it harder for workers and their families to make ends meet,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Audrey Hall in Jackson, Mississippi. “Employees or employers unsure of their legal rights and responsibilities...
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