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U.S. Department of Labor Sues Georgia Repair Facility Owner Who Paid Former Worker’s Final Wages in Oily Pennies

January 10, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

DOL Wage and Hour Division alleges A OK Walker Autoworks violated retaliation prohibition, overtime laws.

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against a Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators found they violated the retaliation, overtime and recordkeeping prohibitions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

DOL Wage Hour DivisionThe department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Miles Walker, the owner of 811 Autoworks LLC, operating as A OK Walker Autoworks,  retaliated against one employee who contacted the agency

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