Despite a 2022 federal court judgment requiring him to pay his employees overtime, Tim Paul — owner of eight Indianapolis-area healthcare services companies — continues to use improper pay practices, the US Department of Labor alleges in its request that a federal court hold the employer in contempt for ignoring the 2022 decision. In addition to the asking the court to hold Paul and his companies — TPS Caregiving LLC, doing business as Comfort Keepers Home Care and Heal at Home LLC — in contempt, the department alleges ongoing overtime violations in its complaint. Currently, the department’s Wage and Hour Division estimates more than 700 employees of Paul’s companies from April 2020 to date may have been shortchanged by these practices. It’s unclear how many employees have been denied their full wages. Filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis on July 10, 2024, the department’s complaint states the division found Tim Paul manipulated regular pay rates of employees who worked more than 40 hours in a workweek to pay them the equivalent of straight-time rates for all hours worked. The complaint alleges Paul’s efforts to avoid paying required overtime wages began the day after the previous investigative period ended.
