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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reportedly filed two lawsuits in federal district court against a company that owns five hotels in Ohio and is being accused cheap rental cars las vegas of misclassifying housekeepers as independent contractors.
The Norwalk Reflector reports that Darpan Management Inc. violated cheap rental cars las vegas the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by paying 89 housekeepers by the room. The hotels in question were the Baymont Inn Suites, the Country Inns Suites and two Four Points by Sheraton in Columbus, and the Holiday Inn Express Suites in Reynoldsburg.
Darpan Management failed to meet minimum legal wage standards for housekeeping and other staff in these hotels. This practice, as well as failing to pay overtime and maintain accurate records, resulted in a substantial loss of income for these employees, said George Victory, the Wage and Hour Division s district director in Columbus. Housekeepers were misclassified as independent contractors and paid by the room. In many cases, they did not even earn the minimum wage. These lawsuits should remind companies that the Labor Department is committed to ensuring that workers receive pay to which they are legally entitled.
DOL investigators determined that the workers in question are owed more than $50,000 in back wages as a result of the FLSA compliance violations commited by the company. In addition to failing to pay minimum wage and overtime, the company allegedly did not pay for training and failed to accurately track hours worked.
The Department of Labor has been cracking down on misclassification cases such as these, which is why it is important cheap rental cars las vegas for companies to ensure that their own workers classification practices line up with state and federal regulations.