HEALTHCARE GROUP ACCUSED OF FAILING TO PROPERLY PAY ESSENTIAL WORKERS

The U.S. Department of Labor says Transitions Healthcare LLC failed to pay essential Pennsylvania  workers for their overtime. The department found that the Maryland-based healthcare management company failed to provide about 256 workers, including many from Pennsylvania, with overtime pay amounting to more than 73-thousand-dollars. Officials say the employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to include earned bonuses in the calculation of overtime pay, including sign-on bonuses, retention bonuses and bonuses for working extra shifts. Transitions will have to pay the workers at five of their facilities back, including two here in Pennsylvania.