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Recent News About Us Dept of Labor Wage & Hour
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Us Department Of Labor Recovers $114k For 92 Workers After Investigation Finds Houston Car Wash Chain Denied Overtime Wages
Us Department Of Labor Recovers $114k For 92 Workers After Investigation Finds Houston Car Wash Chain Denied Overtime Wages
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Us Department Of Labor Recovers $62k In Minimum Wage, Overtime Back Wages, Damages For 20 Workers Of Grand Rapids’ Restaurant
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $62,412 in back wages and damages for 20 workers after a federal court in Michigan supported the department’s findings that a Grand Rapids restaurant denied overtime wages to the workers and failed to pay minimum wage to one server
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Ohio Lathe Mill Pays $22k In Child Labor Penalties After 15-year-old Suffers Injury While Working In A Sawmill
An Ohio lathe mill has paid an enhanced child labor enforcement penalty of $22,093 after federal investigators found the company employed a 15-year-old worker illegally in a hazardous occupation –the operation of a sawmill
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Us Department Of Labor Recovers $108k From Alabama-based Contractor For 21 Workers In Jacksonville Illegally Denied Overtime Wages
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer wrongly classified workers as exempt from overtime. By doing so
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Us Department Of Labor Recovers $289k In Back Wages, Damages, Penalties After Investigation Found Maryland Employers Denied Workers Overtime Wages
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined the two companies entered into an “employee lease agreement,” for which Jordi Construction provided leased workers to augment Stark Truss Baltimore’s workforce.
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Us Department Of Labor Alleges Palm Beach Medical Transportation Company Misclassified Employees As Independent Contractors, Denied Them Overtime Pay
The U.S. Department of Labor alleges that Medi-Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc. – a company providing non-emergency and emergency medical transportation services to patients in South Florida and Florida’s West Coast – misclassified 46 of its drivers as independent contractors and violated minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Weights For Dollars: Department Of Labor Recovers $ 465,000 In Back Wages, Damages From A Carlsbad Manufacturer That Paid Less To Mexican Workers
A federal investigation has recovered $ 465,993 in back wages and damages for 44 employees of a California injection medical molding manufacturer who denied them the wages they earned legally, including overtime, classifying many apprentices incorrectly.
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Us Department Of Labor To Host Online Forum For Employers, Contractors, Workers, Other Stakeholders On Workplace Compliance, Other Issues
Us Department Of Labor To Host Online Forum For Employers, Contractors, Workers, Other Stakeholders On Workplace Compliance, Other Issues
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1st Circuit Court Of Appeals Clarifies Law Governing Administrative Exemption Consistent With Us Department Of Labor
1st Circuit Court Of Appeals Clarifies Law Governing Administrative Exemption Consistent With Us Department Of Labor
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Us Labor Department Recovers $23k In Back Wages, Damages For 34 Employees Denied Overtime Pay By Private Sporting Club In Greenbrier County
Us Labor Department Recovers $23k In Back Wages, Damages For 34 Employees Denied Overtime Pay By Private Sporting Club In Greenbrier County
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Revision To Seasonal Adjustment Factors
Revision To Seasonal Adjustment Factors
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US Department of Labor recovers $289K in back wages, damages, penalties after investigation found Maryland employers denied workers overtime wages
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined the two companies entered into an “employee lease agreement,” for which Jordi Construction provided leased workers to augment Stark Truss Baltimore’s workforce.
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US Department of Labor alleges Palm Beach medical transportation company misclassified employees as independent contractors, denied them overtime pay
he U.S. Department of Labor alleges that Medi-Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc. – a company providing non-emergency and emergency medical transportation services to patients in South Florida and Florida’s West Coast – misclassified 46 of its drivers as independent contractors and violated minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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US Department of Labor to host online forum for employers, contractors, workers, other stakeholders on workplace compliance, other issues
Attendance is free, but registration is required. An event link will be provided after registration.
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1st Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies law governing administrative exemption consistent with US Department of Labor
On June 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against Unitil Service Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, claiming that Unitil Service had misclassified two categories of employees – Electrical Distribution Dispatchers and Gas Controllers – as exempt from the overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act and seeking back wages for those employees.
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US Labor Department recovers $23K in back wages, damages for 34 employees denied overtime pay by private sporting club in Greenbrier County
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer failed to include compulsory service charges - a mandatory 20 percent service charge to all members for food and beverage services - in their employees’ regular rate of pay.
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US Department of Labor recovers $50K for North, South Carolina gas station workers, assesses $16K penalty for repeated violations
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer – operator of seven North and South Carolina gas stations and convenience stores – illegally deducted cash drawer shortages from employees’ wages.
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US Department of Labor recovers $114K for 92 workers after investigation finds Houston car wash chain denied overtime wages
Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer paid straight time for hours worked without any overtime premium for hours over 40 in a workweek and did not include sales commissions in the regular rate for overtime purposes, both violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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US Department of Labor recovers $62K in minimum wage, overtime back wages, damages for 20 workers of Grand Rapids’ restaurant
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $62,412 in back wages and damages for 20 workers after a federal court in Michigan supported the department’s findings that a Grand Rapids restaurant denied overtime wages to the workers and failed to pay minimum wage to one server.
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Ohio lathe mill pays $22K in child labor penalties after 15-year-old suffers injury while working in a sawmill
An Ohio lathe mill has paid an enhanced child labor enforcement penalty of $22,093 after federal investigators found the company employed a 15-year-old worker illegally in a hazardous occupation –the operation of a sawmill – which led the worker to suffer injury when he became entangled in the gears of a powered wood processing machine.