Furthermore, the union alleged that the government violated the FLSA due to its failure to pay employees’ minimum and overtime wages for the pay period beginning December 23, 2018 and ending on January 5, 2019.
The union argued that the FLSA guarantees the on-time payment if any minimum wage and overtime wages earned by employees.
“If employees are working, they must be paid—and if there is not money to pay them, then they should not be working,” said Reardon.
