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Show biz security firm to pay employees $115k

Erika Engle

C&C Security Inc. has been ordered to pay more than $115,000 in back pay and damages to security guards who worked on film and TV show productions.

Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the company, which does business as Cast and Crew Security, failed to pay its guards time-and-a-half for hours worked in excess of a 40-hour workweek.

The investigation showed that the employer also paid a number of guards on a salary basis and considered them exempt from overtime requirements in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The guards worked during productions including “Predator,” “Soul Surfer,” “Hawaii Five-0” and “The Descendants.”

“Violations are particularly troublesome in situations like this, where low-wage workers are denied access to all of their lawfully entitled earnings which must cover the essential expenses of living in Hawaii,” said Terence Trotter, director of the division’s Honolulu District Office, in a statement.

Under terms of a judgement filed with the U.S. District Court, Cast and Crew Security will pay 65 employees $57,785 in unpaid overtime wages plus an equal amount in liquidated damages, for a total of $115,570.

2 responses to “Show biz security firm to pay employees $115k”

  1. mikethenovice says:

    Republicans hate when Main Street wins.

  2. whs1966 says:

    And…no penalty? Oh, well, it’s only white crime…ripping off poor people.

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