PITTSBURGH – For more than a century, The Ziegler Tire and Supply Company has changed tires and wheels, and made repairs on all types of vehicles at locations in Ohio and surrounding states, but the company fell flat when it came to paying workers in three states for all the wages they legally earned.
Following a federal investigation that found overtime and recordkeeping violations, the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $129,612 in back wages for 154 workers in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio.
The department’s Wage and Hour Division found Ziegler Tire called mechanics and tire technicians in the evening after normal working hours to complete auto service repairs. The employer failed to add these “call-out” hours to the total hours these employees worked, and failed to include commissions and call-out bonuses in workers’ regular rates of pay when determining overtime rates. These failures led to systemic overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Ziegler’s failure to record all the hours employees worked resulted in recordkeeping violations.
“Employers who fail to pay their workers all their hard-earned wages shortchange these people and their families and gain an unfair advantage over competitors who abide by the law,” said Wage and Hour District Director John DuMont in Pittsburgh. “The Wage and Hour Division provides many tools and resources to help employers avoid violations and fully comply with the law.”
The investigation led to recovery of back wages at the following The Ziegler Tire and Supply Company locations, which operate as Ziegler Tire at:
Address
City
State
Amount
10149 Toebben Drive
Independence
KY
$3,090
960 Nandino Boulevard
Lexington
KY
$12,896
547 Wolf Ledges Parkway
Akron
OH
$11,322
8500 Clinton Road
Brooklyn
OH
$8,328
4300 Tuscarawas Street W
Canton
OH
$8,819
1111 Milepost Drive
Columbus
OH
$10,599
411 Commercial Parkway
Dover
OH
$14,743
7934 Hills & Dales Road NW
Massillon
OH
$3,352
2505 Commercial Street
Mingo Junction
OH
$6,761
1100 Reed Road
Monroe
OH
$12,027
655 Olympic Drive
Troy
OH
$2,639
30559 Lemoyne Road
Walbridge
OH
$4,981
1014 Poland Avenue
Youngstown
OH
$12,986
6011 Kentucky Avenue
Altoona
PA
$3,896
919 Brush Creek Road
Warrendale
PA
$6,575
258 W Wheeling Street
Washington
PA
$6,598
Based in Massillon, Ohio, The Ziegler Tire and Supply Company operates commercial service centers providing tires and other services. It is one of the largest wholesale distributors in Northeast Ohio.
For more information about the FLSA and other laws enforced by the agency, contact the division’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division, including a search tool to use if you think you may be owed back wages collected by the division.
