PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) - Federal officials say a New Jersey mattress company must pay nearly $293,000 to 55 workers who were improperly denied overtime.
Passaic-based Citi Mattress has entered into a consent judgment with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay the workers who sew and load mattresses.
A department investigation found the company had violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to give the workers overtime pay when they logged more than 40 hours a week.
Besides paying $292,998 in back wages and damages, the company must now use an automated timekeeping system and give each hourly worker a statement containing the hours worked each week.
The company declined comment on the judgment.
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