More than 7,500 workers at a Pennsylvania battery manufacturer are owed $22,250,000 in back wages, a federal jury ruled Wednesday.
The award is the largest ever handed down under the Fair Labor Standards Act and comes after the Department of Labor filed suit in 2018 on behalf of workers at risk of lead exposure saidfailed to pay for the time required to shower, change into and change out of uniforms.
The jury found that the Maxatawny Township factory violated the FLSA by failing to pay overtime from October 2014 through September 2017.“The employee complaint that was made over seven years ago has been vindicated. We would not be here if a single employee out inhadn’t complained to OSHA that he wasn’t getting enough time to shower at the end of the day,” Department of Labor solicitor Oscar Hampton told The Morning Call newspaper.
The award, which is still eligible to be appealed by either party, is a fraction of the $214 million total amount that the company claims was sought by the Department of Labor. “We are pleased that the jury saw the government’s overreaching in this case … In the damages portion of the trial, the jury’s various findings are a rejection of 90% of the government’s wage claim because the jury agreed with us that
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