The staffing increase follows the discovery that many hospitals do not pay proper overtime to nurses and other employees who work more than 40 hours a week. According to the report, the department said fewer than 36 percent of New York healthcare employers investigated were in compliance with the federal wage-and-hour law.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, as well as 1.5 times their regular pay rate, for hours over 40 a week.
Read the New York Times report on wage-and-hour investigations.
Read more on recent hospital legal issues:
–Former New York Head of Disabled Center Charged With Medical Fraud
–North Carolina Governor to Sign New Law Fighting Healthcare Fraud
