A U.S. Labor Department investigation has resulted in a hotel and restaurant in New Hampshire paying nearly $88,000 in back wages to 78 employees to resolve minimum wage and overtime violations, the department said Tuesday.
Investigators say they found that the Arlington Hotel and Birch Bar and Bistro in Bethlehem misclassified out-of-state temporary employees as independent contractors, and paid them flat salaries without regard to the number of hours that they worked.
The department said the hotel also violated child labor hours provisions when one 14-year-old employee and one 15-year-old employee worked beyond the times of day and number of hours per week allowed by law.
The hotel also paid a $1,200 civil money penalty for child labor violations.
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