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Company: Wellfleet Communications LLC
Penalty: $1,400,000
Year: 2021
Date: November 2, 2021
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: A Las Vegas telemarketing enterprise that shortchanged more than 1,328 call center workers was ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages by a federal court in San Francisco. The judgement followed a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found Wellfleet Communications and its owners illegally misclassified employees as independent contractors, forcing them to unlawfully sign away their federal rights and paying them only when they made sales.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Labor Department Wage and Hour Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Nevada
Facility City: Las Vegas
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