U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Overtime Violations At North Carolina Countertop Company

WAYNESVILLE, NC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Vandelay Stone Tops Inc. – a granite and quartz countertop installation company based in Waynesville, North Carolina – has paid $23,348 in back wages and liquidated damages to 13 employees for violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

WHD investigators found Vandelay Stone Tops Inc. paid employees straight-time rates for all the hours they worked, failing to pay overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek. The FLSA requires employers to pay overtime at time-and-one-half employees' regular rates of pay for hours they work beyond 40 in a workweek.

"Employers must pay employees all the wages they have earned for all the hours they have worked," said Wage and Hour Division District Director Richard Blaylock, in Raleigh, North Carolina. "We encourage employers to review their pay practices and contact us if they have questions so that they can avoid costly violations."

WHD provides a wide variety of compliance assistance tools to help employers understand their responsibilities and employees understand their rights.

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.