Que mal les va a estas compañías de seguridad!!!!! (5)

Que mal les va a estas compañías de seguridad!!!!! (5)

Muchas companias de seguridad en PR violan las Leyes Federales de Horas y Salarios.


Transcontinental Security Services Inc., of San Juan and the company’s president have agreed to pay $116,428 in back wages and interest to 31 employees to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

SOS Security Services Inc., Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and company president, Edgardo Batiz Ramia, have agreed to pay 65 employees a total of $137,451 in back wages and interest to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

H.F. Security Services Corp., a security services business based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the company’s officers will pay $42,798 in back wages and interest to 126 employees, following a U.S. Labor Department lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

According to David R. Heffelfinger, district director for the Wage and Hour Division in Guaynabo, his office investigated 181 security guard companies for possible violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) between Jan. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2006. The FLSA requires that employees be paid at least the applicable minimum wage and time and one-half their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 per week. Employers also must maintain accurate records of employees’ wages, hours and conditions of employment



During the three-year period, the Wage and Hour Division investigated 181 security guard companies across Puerto Rico. A total of 139 employers were found in violation of the FLSA. So far, 112 of those employers have paid a total of $1,287,044 -- primarily in overtime back wages -- to 4,995 workers. Seventeen of these employers were also assessed at total of $440,967 in civil money penalties payable to the U.S. Department of Labor. According to Heffelfinger, three investigations resulted in lawsuits in which the Labor Department obtained judgments of the court ordering the employers to pay more than $296,677 to 222 employees.

Heffelfinger noted that most of the workers involved in these cases are security guards being paid the minimum wage. Most violations resulted because the companies often require employees to work overtime but do not properly pay them for overtime hours. “Security guard companies in Puerto Rico have a chronic history of requiring employees to work over 40 hours per week and then paying them straight time for all hours worked,” he said. “The FLSA clearly requires the payment of time and one-half for all hours worked over 40 in a single work week.”