GA -- Feds sue auto repair shop that paid former employee in pennies

[Seattle1]

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The U.S. Dept. of Labor is suing the auto repair shop that made headlines last year by paying a former employee his final paycheck in pennies.



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Feds sue auto repair shop that paid former employee in pennies
The U.S. Department of Labor is suing the auto repair shop that made headlines last year by paying a former employee his final paycheck in pennies.

3:00 PM · Jan 9, 2022

 

[Seattle1]

Feds sue auto repair shop that paid former employee in pennies

1/7/22

The suit, filed Dec. 30 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleges that A OK Walker Autoworks and its owner Miles Walker, discriminated against Andreas Flaten because he had called the Department of Labor to report not receiving his last paycheck.


"Within hours of learning that Mr. Flaten had complained to [the Wage and Hour Division] about not receiving his last paycheck, defendants decided to pay Mr. Flaten in pennies," the suit alleged.

In March of last year, Flaten found 91,500 pennies in his driveway, according to the suit. "Defendants left a copy of Mr. Flaten’s paycheck with an expletive written on the outside."

The Department of Labor also found that A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City had failed to pay employees for overtime work since at least April of 2019.

 

[Shamrock1]

I wonder if EPA will get involved due to the oily substance - wouldn’t it be something if the worker’s property had a stream on it?!

 

[Seattle1]

I wonder if EPA will get involved due to the oily substance - wouldn’t it be something if the worker’s property had a stream on it?!

Karma's often an itch -- one that's hard to scratch!

 

[itsRtue]

Pennies aren't money now I guess. Great way to waste tax payer money. Shouldn't have expected anything less

 

[Seattle1]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/21/business/georgia-autoshop-lawsuit-settlement/index.html?dicbo=v2-q8WMkPv

6/21/23

New YorkCNN —
The Georgia autoshop owner who in 2022 paid one of this employees his final wage by dumping 91,500 oil-covered pennies in his driveway has been ordered by a federal judge to pay nearly $40,000 in additional back wages and damages to his employees, court records show.

Miles Walker, owner of A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City, Georgia was ordered to pay back wages in the total amount of $19,967.09, plus liquidated damages in the amount of $19,967.09, the consent judgement shows.

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US District Judge Timothy Batten’s additionally instructed Walker not to “threaten or intimidate (verbally or in writing),” or “retaliate or discriminate against” any current or former employees of A OK Walker. The judge’s ruling resolves the civil action filed by the US Department of Labor Department in the case.