The Liberty County Board of Commissioners will pay $209,106 in back wages to 131 employees for violations of the overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act found in a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation.
Investigators found the county failed to pay courthouse guards, jail guards, and patrolmen for all the hours that they worked, including mandatory meetings, trainings, and occasions when they covered shifts for other employees.
These unpaid hours resulted in overtime violations when the employees worked more than 40 hours in a work week.
“The Wage and Hour Division works to ensure that employees receive the wages they rightfully earned, and that employers compete on a level playing field,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Eric Williams, in Atlanta.
For more information about the FLSA and other laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division, contact the toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information is also available at https://www.dol.gov/whd.
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