Now THAT’S an Honest Employer
Posted on 27-Jul-09 by The Timekeeper
Just came across this story: Partners HealthCare Systems is going to be paying out $2.7 million in back wages to 700 employees to resolve claims of unpaid overtime.
What makes this story different from the usual run-of-the-mill unpaid overtime stories is that it was management at Partners HealthCare Systems who “ratted out” the company to the DOL.
Basically, the company has a number of affiliated hospitals and facilities, and some employees work at more than one. It came to their attention they hadn’t been aggregating employees’ worked hours for the purpose of calculating overtime — rather, they’d been counting the time worked at each location separately.
Thinking (correctly, as it turned out) this might be a problem, they reported the issue to the DOL and asked for an investigation. The investigation determined there was, indeed, an issue.
And together, the DOL and Partners decided the best way to resolve the issue was for the DOL to file a complaint and a consent agreement in federal court. The agreement was approved by the judge and all is now well, apparently.
You know, if I were an employee of Partners, I’d be feeling pretty good about top management’s integrity along about now. It’s really cool to read about people who see something wrong and take steps to correct it, even if it’s going to cost them some money.
Kudos to management at Partners HealthCare Systems.
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