A Kentucky landscaping employer failed to pay workers overtime at the required 1 ½ overtime rate. The employer also made improper deductions for the cost of uniforms. The owner of Mike Osbourn Lawn Care Inc. – will pay $76,067 in back wages and liquidated damages to 69 employees.
Common FLSA violations in restaurants include: (1) paying straight time instead of overtime, (2) failure to pay for pre- and post-shift work, (3) pay deductions for cash shortages and mistakes, (4) not combining time worked at multiple stores, and (5) child labor violations.
If you regularly work off the clock, you may not even be making minimum wage for all time worked. When that extra unpaid time is averaged into your weekly wages or salary, your effective hourly pay rate may fall below the minimum wage.
