LIVERMORE, CA– A federal court has ordered a Northern California roofing contractor to pay nearly $2 million in back wages and damages after investigators found the company failed to properly compensate its workers for overtime.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved a consent judgment requiring Northern California Nail Co. Inc. and its owners to pay $1,943,685 to 158 employees. The order follows a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that determined the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not paying roofers time-and-a-half for hours worked beyond 40 in a week.
Investigators also found that the Livermore-based contractor failed to maintain accurate time records, resulting in additional recordkeeping violations.
“Northern California Nail and its owners failed to pay overtime wages earned by hard-working roofers, in violation of federal law that protects their rights to be paid fully for their labor,” said Ginny Gomez, Assistant District Director of the department’s Wage and Hour Division in Sacramento. “We are determined to recover wages owed to workers and will work diligently with the Office of the Solicitor to hold employers accountable.”
In addition to the back wages and damages, the Wage and Hour Division assessed $56,314 in civil penalties to resolve what it described as “willful violations.”
The FLSA requires most U.S. employees to be paid at least the federal minimum wage, along with overtime pay at one-and-a-half times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a week.
Northern California Nail Co., headquartered in Livermore, provides roofing services across California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
