DOL says North Central Health Care failed to record and pay overtime from June 17, 2021–June 16, 2023

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Wage and Hour Division investigation and complaint establish that North Central Health Care violated FLSA overtime and recordkeeping requirements for work performed between June 17, 2021 and June 16, 2023.

Source summary
A federal court entered a consent judgment requiring North Central Health Care, a Wisconsin multicounty medical care partnership, to pay $162,486—$81,243 in back wages and $81,243 in liquidated damages—to 68 case managers after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found the employer failed to record and pay for off-the-clock work, including overtime, between June 17, 2021, and June 16, 2023. The judgment, entered Dec. 4, 2025 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, also enjoins the employer from future violations. The DOL provides resources and a helpline for workers and employers with questions or to check for owed wages.
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A May 14, 2024 news brief from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor reports that, after a Wage and Hour Division investigation, the department filed a complaint in federal court alleging overtime and recordkeeping violations by North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates, doing business as North Central Health Care. The brief explains that investigators examined pay records from June 17, 2021 through June 16, 2023 and found case managers were working unrecorded overtime and performing off‑the‑clock work, as management refused to approve needed overtime, resulting in unpaid compensable hours. The federal court docket confirms that Acting Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su brought this Fair Labor Standards Act case (No. 3:24‑cv‑00320) against North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates in the Western District of Wisconsin. Verdict: True, because official Department of Labor and court records show that the Wage and Hour Division’s investigation for the June 17, 2021 to June 16, 2023 period identified unrecorded and unpaid overtime for case managers and that DOL treated this conduct as violations of the FLSA’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions in its complaint.

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  1. Update · Jan 16, 2026, 04:56 AMTrue
    A May 14, 2024 news brief from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor reports that, after a Wage and Hour Division investigation, the department filed a complaint in federal court alleging overtime and recordkeeping violations by North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates, doing business as North Central Health Care. The brief explains that investigators examined pay records from June 17, 2021 through June 16, 2023 and found case managers were working unrecorded overtime and performing off‑the‑clock work, as management refused to approve needed overtime, resulting in unpaid compensable hours. The federal court docket confirms that Acting Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su brought this Fair Labor Standards Act case (No. 3:24‑cv‑00320) against North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates in the Western District of Wisconsin. Verdict: True, because official Department of Labor and court records show that the Wage and Hour Division’s investigation for the June 17, 2021 to June 16, 2023 period identified unrecorded and unpaid overtime for case managers and that DOL treated this conduct as violations of the FLSA’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions in its complaint.
  2. Original article · Jan 15, 2026

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