The federal government has sided with Flaten, who had filed a complaint with state labor regulators in January 2021 after he said he resigned from the Peachtree auto shop and his boss, Miles Walker, refused to give him his last check.
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
When you pay your ex-employee in dirty money...
(NEXSTAR) – A Georgia auto repair shop owner is accused of retaliating against a former employee by paying the worker’s final wages, $915, in the form of more than 91,000 oil-soaked pennies. The ex-employee of A OK Walker Autoworks, Andreas Flaten, may have the richest revenge in the end, however.
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I remember reading about this years ago. The owner seems like a real prick, and he's obviously stupid. doesnt he realize that sort of nasty vindictive behavior is how a lot of people end up (deservedly) shot?
ReplyDeleteLet me go through that pile. Pre-1982 pennies are 90% copper. As of today each pre- '82 penny is worth almost three cents in copper value...and copper probably ain't going down anytime soon. Just a prep thought...
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