A Comfort Inn hotel in Tennessee employed 2 children under the age of 12, the labor department says
In addition, starting in at least June 2019, Pigeon Forge Hospitality had failed to pay its employees the correct minimum hourly rate and hadn't paid them the one-and-a-half times rate for working more than 40 hours in one work week, the DOL said in the lawsuit. It added that the company had also failed to keep adequate records of its employees and their wages and hours.
The lawsuit doesn't state the name of the hotel, but the DOL press release said that Pigeon Forge Hospitality and Patel operated a Comfort Inn hotel in the city. In a consent order signed April 6, District Judge Clifton L. Corker ordered Pigeon Forge Hospitality and Patel to pay $27,296 in back wages to six affected staff, the same amount in liquidated damages, and a civil money penalty of $21,658.The judge also issued a permanent injunction ordering the company to abide by minimum wage and overtime laws, keep accurate records, and follow child-labor regulations.
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