Yonkers company owes $55,000 for wage violations
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- April
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A Yonkers paper products company and one of its officers have agreed to pay 16 current and former workers $55,000 in back wages after the U.S. Labor Department alleged the company violated wage and hour laws for two years.
AHN Corp., which labor officials said had its business at 430 Nepperhan Ave., and Haytham Abuali, agreed to make the payments, which include interest.
The labor department said in its lawsuit the company violated minimum wage and overtime laws from September 2004 through September 2006. The company also did not keep accurate records, the labor department said.
Phone records do not contain a listing for AHN or Abuali. Court records do not indicate that either the company or Abuali had a lawyer in the lawsuit the labor department filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains.
“Workers in low-wage industries are just as entitled as anyone else to be paid properly for all the hours they work,” said Sonia Rybak, an assistant district director with the labor department.
An order signed by Judge Charles L. Brieant prohibits the company and Abuali from any future violations of the law. The company and Abuali agreed to the judgment without admitting or denying the allegations in the lawsuit.
If the defendants do not make the payments Brieant will appoint a receiver with the power to seize and liquidate the company’s assets to make the payments. The judge also ordered the company to advise the workers of their rights.
John Chavez, a labor department spokesman in Boston, said it was unclear how much of the money owed was for regular wages and how much was for overtime.
The law requires that workers receive one and one-half times their hourly rate for all hours over 40 in a week.
Court records show the individuals are entitled to amounts ranging from a low of $945.96 to a high of $8,415.94.
The company is required to make the payments in monthly installments of $9,166 each.
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