Reference: See hereA Labor Department investigation determined two companies that perform commercial work willfully denied overtime pay to more than 1,400 employees.
The Department of Labor has obtained a judgment ordering two Arizona drywall and painting companies to pay $7.45 million in back wages and damages after the employers willfully denied overtime pay to over 1,400 employees, according to a department news release.
The Jan. 15 judgment by the U.S. District Court of Arizona followed an investigation by the DOL's Wage and Hour Division, which found Apodaca Wall Systems and Empire Wall Systems had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Apodaca Wall Systems did not respond to Construction Dive's request for comment. Empire Wall Systems has no publicly available contact information, and could not be reached for comment by time of publication.
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