BALTIMORE (AP) - A North Carolina company has paid nearly $600,000 in back wages to more than 800 workers as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor.
A news release from the department on Tuesday said Unicon Inc. paid the back wages to employees who worked as chicken catchers and van drivers. Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found violations of the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions.
Officials said Unicon’s failed to pay for all the hours employees had worked. Specifically, the department said Unicon made automatic deductions from payroll for lunch and other breaks that crew leaders and catch crew members didn’t actually take.
Unicon rounds up live chickens for poultry processors. It’s located in Marshville, 40 miles (64.37 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.
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