Parkside Landscape Inc. has paid $524,063 in back wages to 53 employees and $26,104 in penalties to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and H-2B non-agricultural visa program provisions. The violations were found during an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

The Wage and Hour Division’s H-2B nonimmigrant visa program investigation determined that back wages and penalties were owed because the company failed to pay employees the wages offered in the approved H-2B labor certification and the job order they filed with the Department when applying for permission to hire the foreign workers. Penalties were also owed because the employer failed to provide required earning statements, comply with safety requirements for employer-provided transportation, and provide a copy of the job order to employees at the time they applied for their visas. Violations of the overtime provisions of the FLSA resulted when the employer paid eight employees straight time for hours they worked beyond 40 in a workweek.