A Sarasota, Fla., based nurse staff agency, CSI Catalano’s Nurses Registry Inc., operating as CSI, will have to pay $260,0221 after investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the Florida nurse registry staffing service misclassified caregivers as independent contractors and paid them straight-time rates for all hours worked, according to a DOL release on April 21, 2023.
The company, which provides staffing that includes registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, home health aides and companions, failed to pay 61 employees a time-and-a-half premium for hours over 40 hours in a workweek, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the DOL. A consent judgment entered in the Northern District of Florida by the Office of the Solicitor resolved the case after a period of litigation, with the employer also agreeing with a court order not to commit future violations.