Owner of Brooklyn cleaning company found to be in violation of minimum wage and overtime laws
The owner of the Long Island-based Royal Commercial Cleaning company reportedly did not pay his workers for their time and attendance. The business was tasked to clean the United Artists Sheepshead Bay Stadium 14, though employees were not paid for their work, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The Brooklyn Eagle said that owner Jose Hector Hernandez Gramajo faces felony grand larceny and scheme to defraud charges.
Even after getting caught, Gramajo reportedly continued to not pay his employees proper wages, which Schneiderman calls a "disrespect for rule of law and disrespect for workers' rights."
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, Gramajo originally owed $87,000 in back pay, which he paid to employees but instructed them to return the money once it was cashed. The owner also paid employees a flat rate twice a month, which did not adhere to minimum wage laws, and he didn't award them overtime pay when it was called for. The company was run out of Gramajo's home and was responsible for cleaning upwards of 27 movie theaters in the New York area, among other projects.
Gramajo faces seven years of jail time for not only failing to pay his employees responsibly, but also for repeatedly ignoring orders to change his employee tracking methods.
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