Nieman Printing, a Dallas-based commercial printing and mailing service business, was recently found in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) following an investigation by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. As a result, the company has agreed to pay 101 employees a total of $96,335 for unpaid overtime employee attendance, the DOL reports.

The WHD investigators found a number of inconsistencies in the business' payroll practices, which contributed to the compensation issues. For one, workers were contracted by two separate staffing agencies and were asked to punch in and out of two timeclocks in the facility.

Because time and attendance was being calculated in two separate systems, individuals did not receive the overtime they should have earned when working more than 40 hours in a single week. Nieman Printing didn't combine the totals from the two systems when paying its employees, the DOL explains.

"This company knowingly used illegal employment tactics to avoid paying workers overtime," said Cynthia Watson, the Southwest regional administrator for the WHD. "This investigation demonstrates the Labor Department's commitment to ensuring that employees are paid the wages they have rightfully earned, and to holding employers accountable for compliance with federal law."

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