Some of the employees at Espinoza Contractor LLC worked up to 90 hours a week without receiving overtime pay for their work, according to a U.S. Department of Labor Investigation.
FILE - In this May 26, 2013 file photo, fans attend a concert during the Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge Ampitheatre near George, Wash. On concert weekends, the Gorge Amphitheater becomes the largest community in rural Grant County in central Washington. Live Nation, the facility owner, wants to improve and expand the scenic venue, upsetting local residents who who fear increased traffic, crowds, and other issues that often accompany concerts at the Gorge.
Investigators from the department’s Wage and Hour Division said some of the employees at Espinoza Contractor LLC, owned by Guillermo Espinoza, worked up to 90 hours a week without receiving overtime pay for their work, The Seattle Times “This case is an egregious example of how scofflaws, such as Espinoza, take advantage of some of our economy’s most vulnerable workers,” Thomas Silva, wage and hour division district director in Seattle, said in a Friday statement.
The agency fined Espinoza $61,896 in civil penalties for violating migrant workers’ rights and recovered the $83,298 in back wages. Investigators learned of the withheld overtime pay, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as they investigated the contractor for reportedly denying pay to 49 migrant workers.
The contractor also failure to register as a farm labor contractor, properly register its workers and provide workers with safe transportation, the statement said.©2022 Cox Media Group
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