There was an installation going on. Only eight guys from India were brought in on a temporary basis.
This wasn’t something that went on for years. I doubt it took more than a few weeks.
120 hour work weeks sounds terrible. For only two or three weeks, it’s not.
These guys probably made months worth of wages back home in three weeks. That was probably a good deal to them.
Since this was temporary, perhaps only a pay period or two at most, it could fall between the cracks. As long as the agreed wages by both parties were paid, I don’t particularly mind this. But when I say this, I am only referencing an agreement between two parties which both agreed to, and which met each parties desires.
I do not agree with replacing U. S. workers with foreign labor.
The ability for these workers to make what they did back home, and bring in bigger bucks than they would have back home during the same time period, was a perk for them, even if we think it wasn’t.
120 hours per week is three weeks worth of work. If this went on for three weeks, that 2.25 months worth of wages.
The time worked isn’t the problem. the fine and back pay don’t quite add up, but I would, given what numbers you gave, add it up.
they were being paid federal minimum wage with the 40,000 in back pay