NO OVERTIME FOR YOU! –

March 17. 2023 – Investigators found that the facility did not pay the affected employees overtime and minimum wages for all hours worked and failed to keep proper payroll records, all of which are violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In some cases, the treatment center paid workers providing patient care and other services as little as $400 per month, according to the investigation.

The Wage and Hour Division determined that Kline Welsh Behavioral Health Foundation paid affected workers salaries that fell below the federal minimum wage when they worked between 41 and 63 hours in a workweek. The organization also paid some employees a monthly stipend as low as $400 and classified them as “staff trainees” who learned the tasks of salaried employees while waiting for a job opening at the center.

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