TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - The U.S. Department of Labor is looking for current and former employees of Valley Wide Plastering Construction, Inc., who may be owed part of the $2.6 million in overtime wages and damages recovered after a federal court approved a consent judgment post-investigation of the department.
On Nov. 17, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona began investigating a complaint filed by the department against the contracting company and its owners, Jesse Guerrero, Rose Guerrero, and J.R. Guerrero. The department alleged shocking violations of federal overtime, recordkeeping, and anti-retaliation provisions. The Guerreros have agreed to pay $1,312,360 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to the employees impacted by their crimes.
“Our immediate priority is ensuring that workers denied overtime pay receive the wages and damages they are owed,” said Jessica Looman, principal deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. “The Wage and Hour Division and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor worked tirelessly to hold Valley Wide Plastering and the Guerreros accountable.”
In May 2022, the court granted the department’s motion against Valley Wide Plastering, its owners, and its vice president for violating a preliminary injunction and continuing to falsify time records, not maintaining a timekeeping system, and listing false regular rates of pay on payroll records. “The U.S. Department of Labor will hold...
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