U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $15,241 in Back Wages and Damages For Six Employees at Savannah Senior Living Community

SAVANNAH, GA – Wilmington Senior Care LLC - operator of a senior living community in Savannah, Georgia – has paid $15,241 in back wages and liquidated damages to six employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation determined the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

WHD investigators found that Wilmington Senior Care LLC – operating as Summer Breeze Senior Living – automatically deducted time from workers' timecards for lunch breaks and failed to pay employees who worked through those breaks. This practice resulted in unpaid overtime, creating violations when affected employees worked more than 40 hours in a week. The employer's failure to keep accurate records of the number of hours employees worked also resulted in a recordkeeping violation of the FLSA.

"The Wage and Hour Division is committed to ensuring a level playing field for operators of these facilities and guaranteeing that employees receive the wages they legally earned," said Wage and Hour Division District Director Eric Williams, in Atlanta. "We encourage all employers to reach out to us and to use the variety of tools we offer to ensure that their pay practices comply with federal law."

For more information about the FLSA and other laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division, contact the toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Employers who discover overtime or minimum wage violations may self-report and resolve those violations without litigation through the PAID program. Information is also available at https://www.dol.gov/whd.