A Hialeah company owed $3,100 after denying paid sick leave to workers with COVID-19
A Hialeah trucking and transport company got caught violating the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act part of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
Milum has paid $3,110 in back pay to two employees. According to Labor’s Wage and Hour investigators, the company refused emergency paid sick leave to two workers getting tested after they thought they might have COVID-19. Even when both tested positive, Milum didn’t pay emergency sick leave as provided by the federal law.
To contact Labor’s Wage and Hour Division Miami office, call (305) 598-66071-866-4-USWAGE(1-866-487-9243). For online information on how to file a complaint, go to the Wage and Hour complaint section of the Department of Labor website.
Milum was incorporated in Florida in 1997 by current president Luis Martinez and vice president Mileidy Martinez.
This story was originally published August 24, 2020 at 7:01 AM.
