The operator of an Indiana home care company may have to pay more than $172,000, including $86,000 in overtime wages, for violating federal wage laws, the Department of Labor announced.
Hahn March, owner of Aging and Disabled Home Healthcare in Indiana, is named in an Oct. 21, 2024, complaint filed by the Department of Labor in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana following an investigation by the department’s that discovered March and Chief Financial Officer Nancy Stanley used an artificial regular rate pay scheme to lower hourly rates of pay and, in turn, shortchanged employees $86,427 in overtime wages.
The two companies operate as Signal Health Group Assisted Care @ Home and SHG Employee Leasing Co.
In addition to purporting to pay an artificially low pay rate, division investigators found the employers violated federal regulations by doing the following:
- Failing to combine hours to calculate overtime worked for joint employers.
- Not paying employees for time spent traveling between job sites during the workday.
- Denying some employees overtime pay by incorrectly categorizing them as exempt from overtime requirements.
- Failing to maintain complete and accurate time records.
Based in Indianapolis, Signal Health Group provides clients medical services under the name Signal Health Group Assisted Care @ Home.
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Florida’s Citizens Suspends Binding on Policies as Another Storm Churns in the Gulf 
GM to Recall More Than 461,000 Vehicles Over Transmission Issues: NHTSA 
‘Make America Healthy Again’: RFK Jr. Wins Over Fans by Stoking Food Toxin Fear 
Allstate Says It’s Ready to Grow Homeowners Line With All 3 Distribution Channels 
