U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in New Hampshire Construction Company Paying $77,357 to 45 Employees

MANCHESTER, NH – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Nordic Construction Services LLC – based in Berlin, New Hampshire – has paid $38,678 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 45 employees to resolve overtime and record keeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

WHD investigators found that the employer paid employees straight time rates instead of overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, and failed to pay employees for travel time that the employer should have counted as work time. Nordic Construction also failed to record travel hours, resulting in a recordkeeping violation.

"Ensuring that employers properly pay employees for all the hours that they work not only provides workers with the wages they have earned, it also levels the playing field for employers who operate in compliance and must compete directly with those who do not," said Wage and Hour Division District Director Daniel Cronin in the Northern New England District Office. "We encourage employers to contact us with any questions they may have, and to use the wide variety of tools we offer to help them understand their obligations and to comply with the law. Violations like these can be avoided."

For more information about the FLSA and other laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division, contact the Division's 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 http://www.dol.gov/whd including a search tool to use if you think you may be owed back wages collected by the Division.