Fairfield Healthcare Services Inc. agreed to pay two in-home health care workers $145,000 to settle claims that the company failed to pay them overtime wages.
The parties in an April 12 filing requested the US District Court for the District of Connecticut sign off on the agreement and dismiss the suit with prejudice. Gwendoline Aboah and Tania Stewart in 2020 brought a collective action against Fairfield, which does business as BrightStar Care of Fairfield & Southbury, for allegedly miscalculating their overtime pay rate in violation of the federal and state wage laws.
- BrightStar will pay Aboah $65,000, and Stewart will ...
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