The operator of an Alabama nursing facility should have factored in Covid-era hazard pay rates when calculating the overtime pay of its medical staff, a federal appeals court panel found.
The Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County, operating as St. Martin’s in the Pines, failed to follow the Fair Labor Standards Act requirement of paying the senior and skilled nursing facility’s employees one-and-a-half times their regular pay rate for any hours worked exceeding 40 per week, according to the Friday decision.
The facility operator should have included the $2-per-hour hazard pay and other bonuses for nurses working in the Covid-19 ward ...