U.S. Labor Department found LinkedIn violated overtime and recordkeeping rules affecting 359 workers
Company: LinkedIn Corporation
Summary
On August 4, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division announced that its investigation found LinkedIn Corp. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and recordkeeping provisions by failing to record, account for and pay all hours worked. LinkedIn paid $3,346,195 in overtime back wages and $2,509,646 in liquidated damages to 359 current and former employees in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York, and entered an enhanced compliance agreement. The Department characterized this as an agency finding, and LinkedIn cooperated and paid the amounts due. Contemporaneous reporting placed the affected period between 2012 and 2014. Primary source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20140804 Supporting source for the period: https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/linkedin-pays-6m-for-overtime-wages-violation