On Aug. 5, 2021, US District Court Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright for the District of Minnesota approved a settlement agreement between the department and Alliance HHC & Nursing Service LLC to resolve Fair Labor Standards Act violations the department found in an investigation. The agreement requires Alliance to pay $241,582 in back wages and $241,582 in liquidated damages to 82 home healthcare workers it employs. The investigation determined Alliance HHC & Nursing Service LLC and its owner Robin Nyangena failed to pay workers overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, as the law requires. Instead, the employer continued to pay workers straight-time rates, regardless of the number of hours they worked each week. The home healthcare workers provide skilled nursing, private duty, personal aide, and therapy services.
