Two dozen Filipino caregivers who worked more than 40 hours a week but were paid well-below minimum wage by their Bay Area employers will receive more than $600,000 following a federal investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday.
The owners of the five care facilities serving the ill and elderly reached an agreement with the Department of Labor after a two-year federal investigation, federal officials said.
A total of $637,048 will be paid to 24 employees, which breaks down to $318,524 owed in minimum wage and overtime back wages and $318,524 in liquidated damages, according to the labor department.
The owners did not properly record employee hours and many of the workers were paid less than $5 an hour although they worked up to 11 hours a day, five to six days a week, department officials said.
The facilities were Retirement Plus of San Carlos I, Retirement Plus of San Carlos II, Laurelwood Care Home, Three Sisters Care Home and Three Sisters Care Home II, according to the department.
Starting in February 2012, investigators from the department’s San Francisco wage and hour division looked into the facilities in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, department officials said.
The act requires employees to be paid at least $7.25 an hour and time-and-a-half of their hourly rate in overtime.
Employees must also be paid commissions, bonuses and incentive pay and their employers must maintain accurate payroll records.
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