Department of Labor recovers $27K in back wages, damages for Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission workers denied overtime pay

Summary:

The Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission, doing business as Big Bend Golf and Coonskin Park, was investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The investigation found that the employer incorrectly classified seven seasonal employees as exempt from overtime and failed to properly compute compensatory time for 17 year-round employees, violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. As a result, the employer was ordered to pay $27,278 in back wages and liquidated damages to 24 workers. The Wage and Hour Division encourages employers to seek compliance assistance to ensure accurate payment of wages to full-time and seasonal workers.