California nursing dwelling agency owes employees $690,000 in wage theft case

A federal court docket ordered a California nursing dwelling operator to pay $690,696 to 108 staff after it denied them additional time wages and made them work by way of lunch breaks with out pay, the Division of Labor introduced final week.

The violations occurred from December 2018 to July 2021 at Neldy’s Grownup Residential Care Residence places, operated by Neldy’s R.C. Inc., in line with a criticism.

The nursing dwelling would cut up its employees pay into a number of checks to keep away from paying additional time wages in violation of federal legislation, the Labor Division mentioned in its information launch. Neldy’s additionally “deducted meal breaks from employees’ wages when their duties required them to work throughout their breaks,” the division mentioned. 

Unpaid wages mounted previous $300,000

The Backyard Grove, California-based firm should pay $345,348 in again wages, the identical quantity in damages and one other $25,000 in civil penalties. Many employees will get greater than $10,000 again from the employer, with one employee set to obtain over $47,000, in line with the court docket order. The order outlined a 10-installment cost schedule that started in October.