ORLANDO, Fla. —Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. in Orlando, Fla. will pay $433,819 in back wages owed to 69 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation uncovered violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
A Wage and Hour Division investigator found that inventory control clerks in the park's Food and Beverage Department were not paid for work activities occurring before and after their normal shifts. In addition, they were not paid for working through their meal times and when working from home.
The FLSA requires that covered employees be paid time and one-half their regular rates of pay, including commissions, bonuses and incentive pay, for hours worked over 40 per week. In general, "hours worked" includes all time an employee must be on duty, or on the employer's premises or at any other prescribed place of work, from the beginning of the first principal activity of the workday to the end of the last principal work activity of the workday. Additionally, the law requires that accurate records of employees' wages, hours and other conditions of employment be maintained. The current federal minimum wage for covered, nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour.
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