(Danville, VA) – A home health agency has been at the center of a federal investigation into unpaid wages.  Angel Wings Home Health Inc. has been under a US. Department of Labor microscope after an investigation found 53 certified nursing assistants and other personal care aides were not paid for overtime.  The unpaid hours totaled $99,427 in additional time worked.

On top of the unpaid hours investigators uncovered the companies violations in the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay the personal care aides and nursing assistants time-and-a-half when they worked over 40 in a workweek, as the FLSA requires.  Fortunately, the Labor department has been able to recover the money for staff members.

In a statement from the Department of Labor’s website, “Overtime and other wage violations are all too common among home healthcare workers. Employers’ failure to abide by the law and pay wages fairly harms these essential workers who serve their communities by providing critical care services during a national health care crisis,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Roberto Melendez in Richmond. “We will hold employers accountable when they fail to uphold their legal obligations.”

Angel Wings Home Health provides personal and respite care, feeding/meal preparation, household duties, laundry, errands, and companionship services between the Danville and South Boston areas.

Photo Credit: Josh Lineberry