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BREAKING NEWS: DoL Files Suit Under FLSA Against NY Order Mills

Alliance Property Services Inc., Alliance Property Services PA Inc., Secure Assets First Inc., Imperial Property Services Inc. and Michael McCaffrey, individually and as owner were sued on 13 April 2015 by the US Department of Labor (DoL) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  These are centrally owned and commonly managed businesses, based in Syracuse, New York, engaged in property preservation and inspection services for foreclosed properties in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

As predicted by Foreclosurepedia last week, the litigation has begun. In fact, Foreclosurepedia has been THE ONLY MEDIA OUTLET with an inside track on precisely what the US Government's game plan is. We have never been wrong on a prediction yet and make no mistake whatsoever, we have a scorecard with respect to the firms whom are going to the dance very, very soon. We place that scorecard in the ninety percentile with respect to veracity.

The Labor Department has filed suit asking the court to require the defendants to pay employees the back wages due them plus an equal amount in liquidated damages; reinstatement of the fired worker, whom was fired for cooporating with DoL, plus payment to him of lost wages, liquidated damages and punitive damages; and an injunction permanently restraining the defendants from future FLSA violations. Attorney James Wong of the Regional Office of the Solicitor in New York is litigating the case for the department.

An investigation by the Albany District Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the defendants violated the overtime, minimum wage, recordkeeping and anti-retaliation requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The violations affected employees who traveled to foreclosed properties to mow lawns, winterize homes, change locks and do light construction work.

Specifically, the defendants evaded paying overtime by paying employees with checks from two sister companies or paying employees in cash off the books when they worked more than 80 hours in a two week period; denied some employees the minimum wage by not paying them ...

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