US Department of Labor seeks to distribute money owed to workers employed by Empone Inc., Talenique Inc.

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A federal court in Boston has ordered two employment staffing agencies, Empone Inc. and Talenique Inc., to pay a total of $256,992 in back wages and liquidated damages to 238 current and former employees who were placed with businesses in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The agencies, which supplied temporary workers to various companies, were found to have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay employees time and one half their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a work week, and for FLSA recordkeeping violations. The agencies have paid the owed wages and damages, and have also agreed to pay $463,407 in civil money penalties to the labor department due to the willful nature of their violations.