Jacksonville, Fla., countertop installation company Stone World Imports and Manufacturing has paid $49,269 in back wages to 21 employees after a Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division investigation. According to a news release from the agency found the installer violated overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Investigators found the employer paid only straight time rates to employees without regard to how many hours they worked. This resulted in overtime violations when Stone World Imports and Manufacturing failed to pay time-and-a-half for hours employees worked beyond the standard 40-hour workweek.
"The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to maintain accurate records of the number of hours employees work, and pay proper overtime when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek," said Wage and Hour Division works to ensure that employees receive the wages they rightfully earned, and that employers compete on a level playing field."
