4th Circuit Case on Blended Rate Is Lesson in Record-Keeping
The appellate panel held that Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Services and its owner, Christopher Harris, did not keep adequate records and violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay overtime to certain employees.
February 21, 2019 at 11:18 AM
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A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act and overtime pay has employment law experts saying this is a cautionary tale for companies trying to pay their employees at a blended rate.
The appellate panel held earlier this month that Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Services LLC and its owner, Christopher Harris, did not keep adequate records and violated the FLSA by failing to pay overtime to certain employees in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The U.S. Department of Labor had filed suit in February 2017 against Fire & Safety over the allegations as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ordered Fire & Safety last May to pay back wages and damages totaling $1.6 million.
Fire & Safety did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company was represented by Joseph Lawrence Amos Jr. of Miller & Amos in Charleston, West Virginia. Amos did not respond to a request for comment. The Labor Department did not respond to a request for comment.
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