洛杉矶家电公司Coway USA被判赔80万美元 339名员工被欠加班费
洛杉矶——美国劳工部10月19日宣布，该部取得一项同意判决（consent judgment），总部位于加州洛杉矶县洛杉矶市的家电公司 Coway USA Inc. 须向339名员工支付80万美元欠薪与赔偿金。劳工部工资与工时司调查发现，该公司以计件方式支付员工薪酬，未支付员工参加强制会议、领取和装载物料以及班前班后工作的时间，违反《公平劳动标准法》（FLSA）。Coway USA 是韩国生活家电制造商 Coway 的美国子公司，产品包括净水器、空气净化器、智能坐便器与净水软化设备等，总部位于洛杉矶 Wilshire Boulevard。劳工部此前已就该公司的加班费问题提起诉讼，指其未按正确方法核算计件员工的加班费、未计入全部工作时间；工资与工时司洛杉矶区主任 Kimchi Bui 当时表示，雇主可以按件计酬，但必须用正确的方法计算加班费，并计入员工的全部工时。
Consent Judgment Orders Coway USA to Pay $800K to 339 Employees Denied Overtime Pay
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Labor announced on October 19 that it has obtained a consent judgment requiring Coway USA Inc., a home appliance company based in Los Angeles, California, to pay $800,000 in back wages and damages to 339 employees. An investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division found that the company paid employees on a piece-rate basis and failed to pay them for time spent attending mandatory meetings, picking up and loading supplies, and performing work before and after their shifts, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Coway USA is the U.S. subsidiary of South Korean home appliance maker Coway Co. Ltd., whose products include water purifiers, air purifiers, bidets and water softeners; its headquarters is on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The department had previously sued the company over the same practices, alleging it failed to compute piece-rate workers' overtime using the correct methodology and to account for all hours worked.
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