A Hubbard company must pay employees $285,000 after allegedly denying them overtime pay from 2014 to 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.

The department said a federal judge approved a consent judgment that covers 82 Westside Drywall employees, with the company's payout split evenly between back wages and damages.

The contractor's lawyer said Friday that Westside Drywall agreed to a settlement but did not admit wrongdoing.

"We dispute many of the characterizations in the (department's) statement," attorney Kyle Sciuchetti said.

Workers are entitled to one-and-a-half times their regular pay when working more than 40 hours a week, according to the Department of Labor. The agency said Westside Drywall didn't pay employees that rate and didn't compensate them for time spent traveling between sites.

Westside Drywall faced similar penalties in 2010, when it paid $200,000 owed to 62 workers.

"Our goal is to ensure that employers adhere to their responsibilities and to level the playing field in this highly competitive industry," wage and hour division director Thomas Silva said in a written statement.

The department also said that a federal judge ordered Westside Drywall owner Moshen Salem to refrain from retaliating against employees and to train supervisors on the Fair Labor Standards Act.

This article has been updated with comment from Westside Drywall.

-- Mike Rogoway; twitter: @rogoway; 503-294-7699