Pennsylvania found to have high number of hotel wage violations
According to a report released by PublicSource, Pennsylvania ranks fourth in the country for number of broken labor and wage laws. Hotels and resorts are the main reason for the poor ranking - over the past five years, Pennsylvania hotels have racked up hundreds of citations, including 309 citations in York, Penn., 142 in Erie and 113 in Pittsburgh. Only Texas, Alabama and Florida were cited for more violations.
Employees who are not receiving proper wages for the time and attendance were reluctant to discuss the results of research when Public Source, a nonprofit organization, reached out to them concerning the matter. The organizer of the study said many were hesitant to talk because of the potential for retaliation from their employers and don't want to find other jobs should they be fired.
According to a report by the U.S. Department of Labor, Heritage Hills resort in York repeatedly violated labor laws, particularly child labor laws, and the parent company of Heritage Hills was ordered to pay $55,353 in back pay after an investigation revealed minimum wage, overtime, record-keeping and child labor law violations.
Companies that were found to have illegal labor and payment policies have been charged and since adjusted their workforce procedures to compensate employees properly and hire of-age workers.
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