PAUL L. MALONEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff,
Defendants shall not, contrary to sections 7 and 15(a)(2) of the Act, employ any employees who in any workweek are engaged in commerce or the production of goods for commerce, or who are employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, within the meaning of the Act, for workweeks longer than 40 hours, unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in excess of 40 hours at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rates at which he is employed.
Defendants shall not request, solicit, suggest, or coerce, directly, or indirectly, any employee to return or to offer to return to the Defendants or to someone else for the Defendants, any money in the form of cash, check, or any other form, for wages previously due or to become due in the future to said employee under the provisions of this Consent Judgment or the Act; nor shall Defendants accept, or receive from any employee, either directly or indirectly, any money in the form of cash, check, or any other form, for wages heretofore or hereafter paid to said employee under the provisions of this Consent Judgment or the Act; nor shall Defendants discharge or in any other manner discriminate, nor solicit or encourage anyone else to discriminate, against any such employee because such employee has received or retained money due to him from the Defendants under the provisions of this Consent Judgment or the Act.
The monetary provisions of Paragraph IV of this Consent Judgment shall be deemed satisfied by Defendants, upon the following:
1. All checks are to be sent via First-Class or certified mail to Erik Bakken and Maurice Bakken within the time periods set forth in Paragraph IV above. These individual checks shall be void if they are not cashed within sixty days of their issuances, and the face of the checks shall reflect this deadline. Alternatively, checks can be paid through Krenek RV's direct deposit system.
2. After the individual checks become void, the amounts of the individual checks that have not been negotiated, as well as any checks returned to Defendants, the checks shall be combined into one aggregate net check, made payable to the "U.S. Department of Labor — Wage and Hour Division," and delivered to the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, at the address listed in Paragraph V(A) above, within ninety days of the entry of this Consent Judgment. The check containing the sum of the unnegotiated checks shall be accompanied by a letter identifying the case name as Perez v. Krenek Motors, Inc., and include the employer's tax identification number, as well as a list of all employees for whom money is deposited with Plaintiff.
3. If there is a default in the sending of individual checks or delivery to the U.S. Department of Labor of the aforesaid checks by over fifteen days, the total remaining amount due from Defendants will become automatically and immediately due, plus an additional ten percent of any remaining amounts due to be prorated among the employees who have not yet received their respective payments.
4. Further, Defendants shall forward copies of the front and back of the checks, check stubs, and/or a copy of the payroll register and signed copies of the WH-58 Receipt Form, which shall accompany all back wage checks distributed, by certified mail, to the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, within thirty days of the entry of this Consent Judgment.
Plaintiff shall distribute the proceeds of the checks referred to in Paragraph V(B) hereof, or the proceeds thereof, to Erik Bakken and Maurice Bakken, or to their estates, if that be necessary, and any amounts of unpaid overtime compensation or liquidated damages not so paid within a period of three years from the date of receipt thereof shall, pursuant to section 16(c) of the Act, be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
Defendants hereby acknowledge that Defendants employed employees in and about their place of business at 6542 Ryno Road, Coloma, Michigan 49038 who, on a regular and recurring basis, were engaged in commerce in that at least two employees processed sales orders and credit financing, and ordered parts and supplies from an out-of-state business.
Defendants hereby acknowledge that Defendant
In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Consent Judgment and with the Act, Defendants further agree as follows:
A. If Defendants intend to claim an exemption to the overtime requirements of the Act, prior to claiming such exemption Defendants shall notify each affected employee in writing. Defendant shall inform such employees of the exemption Defendants intend to claim and the basis for claiming the exemption.
B. Defendants shall display the Fair Labor Standards Act Minimum Wage Poster (available at