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November 5, 2008 DOL Home > ESA > WHD > News Releases > Atlanta > 05-1721-ATL (242) | ![]() |
Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
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U.S. Labor Department Recovers Over $351,000 in Back Wages for 214 Employees of Charlotte Race Car ManufacturerCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Hendricks Motorsport has agreed to pay $351,783 in back overtime wages to 214 employees after the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division determined the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The company designs and builds NASCAR racing cars at its Charlotte facility. “The Department of Labor is committed to ensuring that covered workers receive the wages they have earned,” said John Blaine, director of the Wage and Hour district office in Charlotte. An investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that between July 2003 and July 2005, the company failed to pay salaried production workers – assemblers, fabricators and mechanics –overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a work week. Hendricks cooperated with Wage and Hour investigators and agreed to future compliance with the FLSA. The FLSA requires that employers pay covered non-exempt workers one-and-one half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a single work week. Employers must also maintain accurate records of employees’ wages, hours and other conditions of employment. The Wage and Hour Division recovered nearly $200 million in back wages in fiscal year 2004 for more than 288,000 workers. Average days to resolve a complaint during that time decreased from 108 to 92 days. For more information about the FLSA and other laws administered by the Wage and Hour Division, call the department’s toll-free help line at 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243); visit the Internet at www.wagehour.dol.gov; or contact the Charlotte Wage and Hour Division office, Mart Office Building, 800 Briar Creek Rd., Suite CC-412; phone: (704) 344-6302. Additional information on the overtime provisions of the FLSA is available at www.dol.gov/fairpay. ### U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at (202) 693-7828 or TTY (202) 693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America’s employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit www.dol.gov/compliance.
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