The US Department of Labor (DOL) is trying to connect 26 former employees of a Cordele home healthcare company with their share of $65,944 in back wages and liquidated damages recovered after an investigation found the employer denied them overtime wages they earned. The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined Adventist Homecare and Medical Services LLC paid a total of 96 employees straight-time rates for all hours worked, including hours over 40 in a workweek when the Fair Labor Standards Act required overtime wages be paid. After its investigation, the division recovered a total of $470,261 in back wages and liquidated damages for employees owed overtime by Adventist Homecare between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2023. To date, the division has compensated more than half of the workers owed back wages and damages and continues to confirm the identities of 26 former Adventist Homecare employees who have not yet responded to notification letters. In some cases, employees are entitled to recover thousands in monies they’re owed.
