USDOL Investigation Results in MI Masonry Company Paying $130,788 in Back Wages to 58 Employees

Clinton Township, Michigan (Aug. 23, 2019)—Brickworks Property Restoration, a masonry company based in Clinton Township, Michigan, will pay $130,788 in back wages to 58 employees after the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime and record-keeping provisions.

WHD investigators determined Brickworks Property Restoration failed to pay employees overtime at time-and-one-half their regular rates when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek. Investigators found employees worked an average of 55-65 hours per week and received cash at straight time rates for overtime hours. Brickworks Property Restoration also violated the recordkeeping provisions of the FLSA when they failed to maintain accurate records of payroll and hours worked.

“Employers are responsible for ensuring that they pay all employees the wages they have legally earned and for keeping accurate records of the number of hours they work,” said Wage and Hour District Director Timolin Mitchell, in Detroit, Michigan. “We encourage employers to contact us for guidance and to use the wide variety of tools we offer to help them fully understand their responsibilities. Violations like these can be avoided.”

For more information, visit dol.gov.