Wellfleet employees await response to lawsuit over pay
About 1,500 former employees of a Las Vegas telemarketing company are hoping and waiting to receive back pay.
The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Wellfleet Communications Oct. 7, accusing the company of failing to pay minimum wage and overtime to the workers.
“If we prevail we’re seeking back wages and an equal amount of liquidated damages,” said Laura Bremer, a senior trial attorney with the Department of Labor. “Basically (liquidated damages would be) double the amount due, and we would seek injunctive relief to ensure that the employers are complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act.”
The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas outlines that Wellfleet Communications employees routinely received less than the $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage. While an employee working 32 hours in a week should receive at least the minimum wage of $232 for their work, Wellfleet employees routinely received less than half that amount, including instances of employees receiving $50 or as little as $3 for an entire week of work, according to the complaint.
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