The Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered $135,000, representing $67,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, for 57 employees of Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the Minneapolis employer violated the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) overtime and recordkeeping provisions. The department filed a complaint on Aug.15, 2022, after investigators found Axis typically paid their employees straight-time pay for all hours worked—failing to pay employees one and half times their regular rates for hours over 40 in a workweek—from at least May 16, 2019, to May 15, 2021. Its employees provide in-home personal care services to children and adults.
