A Philadelphia grocery wholesaler must pay $419K to workers denied overtime

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The wholesaler, based in North Philadelphia, reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor.

A grocery wholesaler in North Philadelphia must pay over $419,000 to 21 workers for deliberately denying them overtime.

“B&B Sales and its owner intentionally withheld overtime wages earned by 21 hard-working employees, in violation of federal law that protects their rights to be paid fully for their labor,” said James Cain, division director of the department’s local wage and hour division.B&B Sales must also pay $8,379 as a civil penalty to the Department of Labor.

 

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