Myrtle Beach, S.C., roofer Monarch will pay $156,346 in back wages to 84 employees after an investigation by the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. According to a news release from the agency, the South Carolina roofer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Investigators determined the employer incorrectly classified 81 employees as exempt from overtime, paying them flat salaries regardless of the number of hours worked. This practice resulted in overtime violations when Monarch employees worked more than 40 hours in a week. Monarch also failed to pay several employees additional half-time when they worked overtime, Wage and Hour Division investigators found. The roofer also excluded non-discretionary bonuses when it did calculate overtime pay. Monarch violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s recordkeeping provisions by failing to keep time records for its salaried workers.
“Employers must familiarize themselves with their obligations to ensure they pay workers the wages they have legally earned,” said Columbia, S.C., Wage and Hour Division district director Jamie Benefiel.
