The Michael Bianco Inc. leather company, targeted in a major immigration raid this winter, tried to avoid paying overtime by giving out checks for extra work through a phony second company, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The New Bedford, Mass., company was a front created to split up employees' hours and hide the fact that workers were exceeding 40 hours per week and not getting paid overtime, according to a federal suit by 500 current and former workers.
May 16, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The New Bedford, Mass., leather company targeted in a major immigration raid this winter tried to avoid paying overtime by giving out checks for extra work through a phony second company, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
That company was a front created to split up employees’ hours and hide that workers at Michael Bianco Inc. were exceeding 40 hours per week and not getting paid overtime, according to a federal suit by 500 current and former workers.
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