August 17, 2023
Nurse staffing agency Prime Care Nursing Inc didn’t pay 91 nurses extra time regardless of some working 84 hours per week, in line with the US Division of Labor.
The Greenville, Mississippi-based agency paid straight-time charges as a substitute of extra time charges when staff labored greater than 40 hours per week, the division stated. The observe ended following an investigation, which additionally recovered $314,211 in again wages and liquidated damages, in line with the division.
“When employers violate employees’ rights, they make it tougher for them to supply for themselves and their households,” Audrey Corridor, Wage and Hour Division district director in Jackson, Mississippi, stated in a press launch. “The Division of Labor will maintain employers accountable once they mistakenly suppose they will violate these rights.”
Prime Care Nursing has been contacted for remark.
