San Francisco, Calif.—The U.S. Department of Labor is requiring a farm labor contractor to pay more than $163,000 to 59 migrant workers after investigators determined the company failed to pay the workers for three weeks of labor during the 2014 harvest in Mendocino County. The required payment includes $99,953 in back wages and $63,274 in damages.

According to a department statement, the wage and hour division cited Manuel Quezada, of Orland, Calif., for violations in August and September 2014 at Roederer Estate, where Quezada has provided work crews for the past 10 years. Less than a week after learning of the investigation’s findings, Roederer agreed to sign an enhanced compliance agreement requiring stringent reviews of its farm labor contractors’ practices.

Quezada was cited for several MSPA violations, including not paying employees at least biweekly or semimonthly; not providing wage statements to workers; and not disclosing employment conditions to workers. The agency also determined Quezada violated the FLSA’s minimum wage provisions. The FLSA requires that covered, nonexempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, as well as one and one-half times their regular rates for every hour they work beyond 40 per week. The law also requires employers to maintain accurate records of employees’ wages, hours and other conditions of employment.