A Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner have been accused of violating retaliation prohibition and overtime laws, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor.
According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Labor Department is seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators found A OK Walker Autoworks and owner Miles Walker violated the retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping prohibitions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
More employees from A OK Walker Luxury Auto shop have come forward to talk about the toxic work environment. So I went to ask the owner about what started the whole conversation, paying employees in thousands of pennies. #peachtreecity @cbs46 pic.twitter.com/rTZtCC7Lv9
— Jamie S Kennedy (@Jamie_S_Kennedy) March 17, 2021
Walker, the owner of 811 Autoworks LLC — operating as A OK Walker Autoworks — retaliated against one employee who contacted the agency after he resigned and the employer initially failed to pay his final wages, according to the news release.
Walker eventually paid the former employee’s final wages of $915 by delivering about 91,500 oil-covered pennies and a pay stub marked with an expletive to the worker’s home, according to the Department of Labor.
The pennies blocked and stained the employee’s driveway, according to the Department of Labor, and required nearly seven hours for him to remove.
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