Black Hills resorts owe back pay after Labor investigation - KOTA Territory News

Black Hills resorts owe back pay after Labor investigation

Five Black Hills resorts are facing steep payments in the form of back pay to almost 300 workers.
 
Three area hotels, a campground and a Colorado-based hospitality company are being hit with more than $124,000 in back pay after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.

According to the agency, the companies owe money to 293 employees for violating minimum wage, record-keeping, and overtime laws.

The Department also alleges the businesses violated the nonimmigrant visa program for temporary workers.
 
The payouts:

• Mount Rushmore KOA: $23,028 to 52 employees;

• Hampton Inn: $21,771 to 123 employees;
  

• America's Best Value Inn: $2,527 to 92 employees; 

• Adoba Eco Hotel, owned by Shiba Investments: $56,289 to 92 employees; 
  

•  Xanterra Parks and Resorts, which runs concessions at Mount Rushmore: $20,987 to 20 employees.

Additionally, the Labor Department fined those companies $79,500 in civil penalties for repeat or intentional violations.