(FOX40.COM) — The U.S. Department of Labor recovered over $800,000 in wages and damages from four senior care providers in Northern California after it determined they failed to pay 58 workers properly.
The agency said Stockton-based Brisbane Guest Home Inc. did not pay proper overtime to 11 workers and ordered the company to pay $483,185 in back wages and another $7,546 in penalties.
According to the Department of Labor, the owner of six facilities in the Sacramento area also failed to pay overtime wages, recovering $306,066 in wages and damages for 44 employees. The owner was also assessed $18,326 in penalties. Those facilities were Laguna Village RCFE, Laguna Springs RCFE and Signature Living on Lavelli Way in Elk Grove; Havenwood RCFE and Capital Senior Care in Sacramento; and Signature Living RCFE in Rancho Cordova.
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The department said another Sacramento adult home provider, Jacson’s Facilities Inc., failed to pay one employee for all hours worked, made illegal deductions and failed to pay overtime rates. $46,623 in back wages were recovered.