These Kentucky convenience stores shorted workers on overtime pay, feds say
Federal regulators assessed a $16,703 penalty against a company that shorted workers on overtime at Kentucky convenience stores.
The U.S. Department of Labor also recovered $10,618 in back wages and damages for 23 workers, according to a news release.
The department said investigators found that Doloma Corp. and Parth Corp. paid workers by check for the first 40 hours they worked in a week, then paid them by cash for straight time for extra hours, instead of the time and a half for all hours over 40.
The stores were Indian Hills No. 6 in Carlisle County and Indian Hills No. 1 in Ballard County, operated by Doloma, and Indian Hills No. 3 in Ballard County, operated by Parth. Ballard and Carlisle counties are in far Western Kentucky.
The $16,703 civil penalty was against Doloma, according to the release.
The review also found the company owed $555 in back pay to an employee who was denied sick leave while self-quarantining after contracting COVID-19, the release said.
Employers who try to shortchange employees “make it difficult for workers to provide for themselves and their families,” said Richard Blaylock, acting director of the department’s Wage and Hour Division in Louisville.
