LinkedIn agreed to pay $3.35 million in overtime back wages for FLSA violations and $2.51 million in liquidated damages to 359 employees working at company branches in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York.
The Wage and Hour Division found that the company was in violation of overtime and record-keeping provisions of the FLSA. According to the investigators, LinkedIn failed to record, account and pay for all hours worked in a workweek.
In addition to paying back wages and liquidated damages, LinkedIn agreed to:
- Provide compliance training and distribute its policy prohibiting off-the-clock work to all nonexempt employees and their managers.
- Meet with managers of affected employees to remind them that overtime work must be recorded and paid for.
- Remind employees of LinkedIn’s policy prohibiting retaliation against any employee who raises concerns about workplace issues.
