Torontogal, your question assumes the employer is charging a minimum of 1700/month for rent?!
Do the math....
12 hours a day is 60 hours a week
60 hours times $10 plus the 16 addtl hours in OT = $680/week
$680 a week times 4.3 weeks/month is $2924
Based on your assumption, 1200/month is lawful if rent for a 1 bedrm exceeds 1700/month! Torontogal, you can't be taken seriously here.
I'm beginning to wonder whether Guilianis former employer is disguising herself as some posters on this site...