The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent judgment against Water Transfer Solutions LLC and its president, Joseph Dugan, requiring the defendants to pay $92,728 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages - totaling $185,456 - to 82 current and former employees. The judgment follows an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) that determined the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, company violated the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

WHD investigators from the Pittsburgh District Office found that – from July 1, 2017, to December 14, 2017 – Water Transfer Solutions LLC paid employees on a day-rate basis, without regard to the number of hours they worked. This practice resulted in overtime violations when employees worked beyond 40 hours per week and the employer failed to pay them additional half-time. This practice of paying flat day rates also led to recordkeeping violations when the company failed to maintain records of the number of hours employees worked.