Villa Roma resorts also paid $9.5K in civil money penalties for child labor violations
ALBANY, NY – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into two commonly owned Callicoon resorts’ pay and child labor practices was no vacation for the employers after investigators uncovered violations of federal regulations.
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center Inc. and Villa Roma Resort Lodges Inc. failed to pay correct overtime wages to tipped employees when it paid them time-and-a-half on their tipped wages and not on the higher New York state rate for hours over 40 hours in a workweek. The resorts also failed to include additional payments for commissions, bonuses and side jobs in calculating employees’ regular rate of pay.
The division recovered $40,691 for 56 employees to resolve the resorts’ Fair Labor Standards Act violations.
The investigation also determined the employers allowed 11 minors, aged 14-15 years old, to work more hours than allowed by federal law. Specifically, investigators identified several instances where young employees worked up to or past 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. The division assessed the resorts $9,542 in civil money penalties for its violations of child labor provisions of the FLSA.
“Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center Inc. and Villa Roma Resort Lodges Inc. could have easily prevented these violations with knowledge and due diligence,” explained Wage and Hour Division District Director...
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