April 21, 2026

Month: August 2022

‘A huge learning experience’ Kohala business ordered to pay over $60K in back wages, damages Owner points to lack of knowledge of laws as cause, vows to become advocate….The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Aikane Nursery &Landscaping — owned by brothers Brandon and Bradley Belmarez — paid its employees straight time for overtime hours worked in some weeks between March 2019 and March 2022.

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2022/08/24/hawaii-news/a-huge-learning-experience-kohala-business-ordered-to-pay-over-60k-in-back-wages-damages-owner-points-to-lack-of-knowledge-of-laws-as-cause-vows-to-become-advocate/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news