LinkedIn to pay workers nearly $6m in unpaid wages and damages
5 August 2014
Professional networking service LinkedIn is to pay nearly $6m (£3.5m) in unpaid wages and damages following a US Department of Labor (DoL) investigation.
Tue, 5 Aug 2014Professional networking service LinkedIn is to pay nearly $6m (£3.5m) in unpaid wages and damages following a US Department of Labor (DoL) investigation.
The company has agreed to pay $3,346,195 in overtime wages and $2,509,646 in damages to 359 former and current employees working at branches in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York.
A statement from the DoL said it had found the company to be in violation of overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It had not recorded, accounted for or paid for all hours worked in a week, investigators found.
However, when notified of the violation, the company agreed to pay the money and take steps to prevent repeat violations.
A statement from the company said it was “eager” to work with the department to “quickly and equitably rectify this situation”.
“This was a function of not having the right tools in place… prior to the DoL approaching us, we had already begun to remedy this.”
The company has agreed to pay $3,346,195 in overtime wages and $2,509,646 in damages to 359 former and current employees working at branches in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York.
A statement from the DoL said it had found the company to be in violation of overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It had not recorded, accounted for or paid for all hours worked in a week, investigators found.
However, when notified of the violation, the company agreed to pay the money and take steps to prevent repeat violations.
A statement from the company said it was “eager” to work with the department to “quickly and equitably rectify this situation”.
“This was a function of not having the right tools in place… prior to the DoL approaching us, we had already begun to remedy this.”
