The U.S. Department of Labor said it has obtained a federal court order requiring that three bakeries located in Danbury, Connecticut, and Mount Vernon, New York, and their owner/officer, pay nearly $1 million in back wages and damages to 74 employees to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Federal officials said their investigation found that Padaminas NY Bakery II, Padaminas NY Bakery and Padaminas Brazilian Bakery Inc. willfully violated the FLSA’s overtime requirements when they paid employees, primarily bakers and counter staff, who worked more than 40 hours per week, straight time instead of time-and-a-half their regular pay rates.
The employer also failed to keep records of employees’ work hours and compensation paid, officials said.
The consent order by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut requires the owners and the businesses to pay $476,216 in back wages and an equal amount in damages to the 74 employees. The employer also must pay $41,568 in civil money penalties.
The FLSA requires that most employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay at not less than time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek. In fiscal year 2021, the Department of Labor said it has conducted more than 4,200 investigations in the food services industry, recovering $34.7 million for 29,209 workers.
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