San Antonio council candidate failed to pay workers overtime
District 8 candidate Rolando Briones has said he runs a “very cost-conscious” business and watches “every single dollar.”
Unfortunately, he has applied this frugality toward denying his employees lawfully earned wages, according to documents obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor under the Open Records Act. A former employee of Briones Consulting and Engineering Ltd. filed a complaint in 2007 with the federal agency, which conducted a “full investigation.”
The employee wrote that the “owner/boss has informed me that he does not pay 'overtime'; rather, he pays 'straight time.'” In the same document, an official wrote, “Pay stubs show (overtime) paid, but (employee) claims (overtime) hours are reduced so (straight time) is paid.”
A federal law applies here. It's called the Fair Labor Standards Act. Unless they're exempt, employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek “must receive overtime pay ... at a rate not less than time and one-half their regular rates of pay,” according to the agency's website.
More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/Council-candidate-failed-to-pay-workers-overtime-4308065.php .
[font color=green]Briones covers all his bases by donating to BOTH political parties. Still, Eric Cantor would be proud of him.[/font]