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Labor Department brings suit against Bartash Printing, owners for paying allegedly inadequate overtime

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PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Bartash Printing Inc., VQ Management Inc. d/b/a Managed Staffing Inc., Best Staff Inc. and Troy Nguyen a/k/a Troy Uon and Quoc Vo, citing alleged unpaid wages, violation of applicable minimum wage law and violation of Workers' Compensation acts.

Edward C. Hugler, acting Secretary of Labor, filed a complaint on March 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the defendants alleging that they failed to properly compensate their employees for their work.

According to the complaint, the Department alleges that the employees it represents sustained financial damages from not being compensated properly. The Department holds the defendants responsible because they allegedly failed to pay minimum wage to their employees and did not pay adequate overtime for work weeks of over 40 hours.

The plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendant, unpaid minimum and overtime wages, liquidated damages, court costs and any further relief this court grants. The case is being handled by Oscar L. Hampton III of the Office of the Solicitor in Philadelphia.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Case number 2:17-cv-01446-TJS

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