Labor Dept. secures back wages for employees

Feb 8, 2010 — Arkansas Democrat Gazette

The Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured nearly $62,000 in back overtime wages for 21 current and former health care workers of Davis Life Care Center Inc. in Pine Bluff.

Officials said Monday the Wage and Hour Division’s Arkansas-Oklahoma District Office found that Davis Life Care Center violated the Fair Standards Labor Act by not paying its employees the proper overtime compensation.

The agency says the company failed to combine hours worked from both of its locations to determine the overall hours worked in a week.

According to the agency, covered employees must be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 for all hours worked, plus time and one-half for hours worked beyond 40 per week.

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