A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that two delivery companies subcontracting for FedEx owe 235 workers in Birmingham, Ala., over $181,000 in back pay.
The department’s Wage and Hour Division saidWednesday that two subcontractors for the courier company, Steel City Couriers Inc. and Cahaba Valley Couriers Inc., paid workers a flat weekly rate and didn’t keep accurate records of hours worked, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The employers claim to have misinterpreted section 13(b)(1) of the FLSA, which provides an overtime exemption to workers employed by a motor carrier, driving on interstate highways, operating delivery ...
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