Two water sports firms to pay $46K back wages

Posted on Jun 09 2014

Two Saipan-based marine sport activity companies owned and operated by Toru Narita have agreed to pay $46,065 in back wages to 15 employees for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime provisions.

Investigators from the Wage and Hour Division found that Aqua Connections Inc. and Hi-Five Co. Ltd. failed to pay employees for all work done at the beginning and end of their shifts. The investigation covered a two-year period beginning in March 2012. One salaried non-managerial employee was not paid an overtime premium for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek.

“All employees that are entitled to an overtime premium must be paid in compliance with the FLSA’s overtime provision regardless of whether they are paid on a salary basis or work beyond their scheduled shift,” said Terence Trotter, the division’s district director in Hawaii. (USDOL)

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