Chad Brown wow 😳

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by moses

On the issue of worker satisfaction, the complaint was brought by the US Secretary of Labor. Most of the allegations are a result of poor record keeping by Brown. The DOL then used Brown’s own records to demonstrate that he didn’t pay his employees the proper amounts. The actual backpay awarded was around $1.2 million ($100,000+ in civil penalties, almost $300,000 in liquidated damages.)

The time frame is also over a 32-month period for 150 employees. Do the math and you’ll realize it’s not a huge amount per day for each employee - but it’s a lot of employees over a long time frame.

It doesn’t seem like this was a mistake by Brown. It seems like it’s industry-wide practice, but the federal DOL has decided to crack down on it.

I get it I have been there. I am currently engaged in such with NLRB I know way too much about this stuff. I am shocked Brown has decided to pay the entire award. I guess he just wants to get on with doing what he does best.

My opinion remains the same the industry has done trainers no favors in educating labor depts on how things work. None of that exonerates trainers for doing wrong by workers, but labor depts are notoriously shortsighted