Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $563,800 in back labor and liquidated damages to 170 employees, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News.
The agreement, filed Sept. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, stretches from June 7, 2016 through at least Sept. 8, 2020, during which time the Secretary of Labor, Martin J. Walsh, alleges that Asmussen failed to pay his New York employees overtime wages and to keep accurate work records.
The amount is derived from $281,900 in unpaid wages plus another $281,900 in damages. The average owed to individual employees is $3,000, though one individual is owed $44,367.84.
This is the third time Asmussen has settled a complaint from the Department of Labor; the trainer was previously sued by the government in 2012 and in 2015.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.
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