A federal court in Virginia has entered a judgment ordering a Norfolk-based medical staffing agency, which intentionally violated federal laws and denied 1,105 certified nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses their rightfully earned overtime wages, to pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and liquidated damages. The judgment in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia-Norfolk Division requires Medical Staffing of America LLC — doing business as Steadfast Medical Staffing — to pay at least $3,619,716 in back wages and at least $3,619,716 in liquidated damages to 1,105 employees. The court ordered the department’s Solicitor of Labor to update the back wages to the present, which will likely increase the back wages and liquidated damages amounts substantially. The action follows an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and litigation by the Solicitor of Labor.
