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Stockton senior care provider must pay 3,000 to workers denied overtime
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Stockton senior care provider must pay $483,000 to workers denied overtime

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $863,860 in back wages and damages from four Northern California senior care providers — including one in Stockton — after determining they denied minimum wage, overtime or both to 58 workers .

The agency said Stockton-based Brisbane Guest Home Inc., a provider of residential care for people with developmental disabilities with three locations in the city, failed to pay 11 workers overtime pay required for working more than 40 hours in one working week.

Brisbane Guest Home Inc. was ordered to pay $483,185 in back wages and $7,546 in penalties, according to the US Department of Labor. Additional recoveries were made following investigations of the following employers:

  • The owner of six residential care facilities for the elderly in the Sacramento region failed to pay overtime wages owed to 44 employees at Laguna Village RCFE, Laguna Springs RCFE and Signature Living on Lavelli Way in Elk Grove; Havenwood RCFE and Capital Senior Care of Sacramento; and Signature Living RCFE in Rancho Cordova. In addition to recovering $306,066 in back wages and workers’ comp damages, the division assessed $18,326 in penalties.
  • Jackson’s Facilities Inc., an adult home care provider also in Sacramento, failed to pay an employee for all hours worked, made illegal deductions not specified in the contract and refused to pay overtime. In that case, the division recovered $46,623 in back wages.
  • Timeless Homecare Inc., a home health care provider for people with disabilities that operates as Amada Senior Care in Davis, has paid some, but not all, overtime due to two employees. The division recovered $27,986 in wages and damages and assessed $2,058 in penalties.

“Make no mistake, the Department of Labor is committed to stopping the exploitation of workers by employers in the residential care industry and holding them accountable for their unscrupulous employment practices,” said Cesar Avila, director of the Wage and Hour Division of Sacramento. “Our investigations are finding that many of the injured care workers are women and people on low wages who can least afford to be denied their full pay.”

Reporter Hannah Workman covers news from Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @byhannahworkman. Support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow.