Cranberry Environmental Consulting Firm to Pay $187,000 in Back Wages to Workers
U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division finds violations at GES locations in Cranberry and Fairmont, W.Va.
Groundwater and Environmental Services Inc., doing business as GES, will pay $187,165 in back wages to 69 employees. An investigation conducted by the U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions at company branches in Cranberry Township and Fairmont, W.Va. The Exton-based firm is contracted to collect water samples from property owners near oil and gas well drilling sites and conducts baseline sampling surveys. The investigations found GES improperly classified nonexempt employees, including junior environmental scientists and junior baseline samplers, as exempt from overtime pay. Instead, the company paid them straight time for all hours worked…
