Company pays back wages after Labor Department investigation

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thu, Mar. 17, 2005

Company pays back wages after Labor Department investigation
Associated Press


COLUMBIA, S.C. - Tire Centers LLC of Duncan has paid more than $246,000 in back overtime wages to 568 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department.

The company, a division of Michelin North America that provides retreading and commercial truck tire services, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the Labor Department.

The agency said the company failed to include commissions when calculating overtime wages for service technicians in tire service facilities in 38 states.

"Upon discovering the clerical error, Tire Centers Inc. worked in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor and completed a self-audit to ensure that employees received their proper compensation," president Joe Finney said in a prepared statement. "We have instituted procedures to ensure that this does not reoccur."
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[Trillo]

1. I wonder why they didn't work with workers who

likely brought this to their attention first, who then likely had no choice but go to the Department of Labor.

I can see management's (hypothetical) response now: "Nah, you're just a wrench-jocky, the accountant's have calculated all commissions properly."

[proud_dem]

2. This company must not of been a contributor of the bush campaign ....eom