US Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division investigators recovered $60,254 in overtime back wages for 107 nurses at Perry County Hospital. Investigators determined the hospital violated the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations when the facility:
- Deducted 30-minute meal breaks after six hours worked, without verifying if employees used meal breaks.
- Failed to include incentive pay — such as shift, longevity and referral bonus — when calculating an employees’ hourly rate of pay for overtime purposes.
- Incorrectly recorded hours worked within a pay period, which denied some employees overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek.
