A Cut Above in Florida owes employees $110,000 in back pay

A Loxahatchee landscaping company trimmed its workers’ long green $110,602 too short by ignoring federal overtime law, the U.S. Department of Labor announced recently.

A Cut Above Landscape and Maintenance owes that back pay to 85 workers, an average of $1,301.20 per employee.

Labor said the company, run by sole officer Damon Rockett, according to state records, paid workers a flat rate each day. A Cut Above held to this no matter how many hours were worked weekly.

“This practice resulted in violations when employees worked more than 40 hours in a workweek but the employer failed to pay them overtime,” Labor said.

This article originally appeared in the Miami Herald. To read the whole story, click here.