It's not everyday you see a judgment in excess of $200 million against a healthcare company for unpaid wages. I think that sends a message to healthcare corporations - not just in Washington, but across the country - that if they fail to pay their employees, they will be held accountable.
Essentially, these policies prevented or discouraged workers from punching the clock in a way that rounding could benefit them - therefore meaning that employees' working hours were consistently getting rounded down without the chance of ever evening out - the complaint explained.
The complaint alleged that Providence used a policy that would pay hourly employees based on the time they work rounded to the nearest 15-minute increment, despite using a digital clock to track working hours down to the second.
The complaint also alleged that Providence systematically failed to provide a second meal break for hourly employees who were entitled to one under Washington state law.
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