Massachusetts car dealer pays $450,000 in time and attendance-related restitution
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley recently ordered a Springfield-based car dealership to pay more than $450,000 in restitution for alleged violations related to time and attendance compensation.
Coakley's office began looking into Balise Motor Sales' payroll and record-keeping after receiving a complaint from a former employee. After requesting that the company's owner, James Balise, conduct an internal audit, overtime miscalculations and failure to comply with minimum wage regulations came to light. Balise agreed to pay nearly $340,000 in restitution for the overtime violations and $110,766 for the minimum wage violations to more than 270 employees.
"In these particularly difficult economic times, many employees are working longer hours to make ends meet," Coakley said. "Employers are required by law to pay their employees all of the wages they are owed, and our office will continue to ensure that workers' rights are protected."
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor fined an Upper Crust franchise in Salem, Massachusetts, for violating federal time and attendance laws. The department's investigation found that the franchisee had failed to keep comprehensive employee attendance records and did not compensate 11 kitchen workers with time and a half for working more than 40 hours a week.
Coakley's office began looking into Balise Motor Sales' payroll and record-keeping after receiving a complaint from a former employee. After requesting that the company's owner, James Balise, conduct an internal audit, overtime miscalculations and failure to comply with minimum wage regulations came to light. Balise agreed to pay nearly $340,000 in restitution for the overtime violations and $110,766 for the minimum wage violations to more than 270 employees.
"In these particularly difficult economic times, many employees are working longer hours to make ends meet," Coakley said. "Employers are required by law to pay their employees all of the wages they are owed, and our office will continue to ensure that workers' rights are protected."
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor fined an Upper Crust franchise in Salem, Massachusetts, for violating federal time and attendance laws. The department's investigation found that the franchisee had failed to keep comprehensive employee attendance records and did not compensate 11 kitchen workers with time and a half for working more than 40 hours a week.
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