Birmingham, Alabama-based Communications Unlimited of the South Inc. has paid
$181,967 in back wages to 213 employees after the U.S. Labor Department's Wage
and Hour Division accused the company of violating the overtime provisions of
the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Download NowWage and Hour investigators said that the company failed to pay cable installers
at an overtime rate when they worked more than 40 hours in a work week and failed
to accurately record their time worked. The investigators alleged that the employees
were paid commissions and piece rates for each cable installation.
The department also alleged one manager's salary failed to meet the minimum
salary requirements of the "Overtime Security" rule that became effective
last year. Under that regulation, employees must be paid a weekly salary of
at least $455 or a minimum yearly salary of $23,660 to be exempt from the FLSA
overtime requirements.
"The company cooperated fully during the investigation at the company's
Birmingham location and agreed to pay back wages to all affected employees working
at locations in Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia,"
says Oliver Peebles III, director of the Gulf Coast district office.
Read more about overtime rules in HR.BLR.com's FLSA
Resources Center.