A Hialeah trucking and transport company got caught violating the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act part of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
Milum has paid $3,110 in back pay to two employees. According to Labor’s Wage and Hour investigators, the company refused emergency paid sick leave to two workers getting tested after they thought they might have COVID-19. Even when both tested positive, Milum didn’t pay emergency sick leave as provided by the federal law.
Milum was incorporated in Florida in 1997 by current president Luis Martinez and vice president Mileidy Martinez.
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