News from June 2023
Us Department Of Labor Sues Fort Wayne Restaurant Operator That Refuses To Pay $290k In Back Wages, Damages Owed To 30 Servers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has taken federal court action against the operator of 10 Fort Wayne-area restaurants that failed to pay $290,000 in back wages and damages to 30 employees.
Us Department Of Labor Recovers More Than $171k In Back Pay, Benefits For 11 Workers Shortchanged By Florida Construction Subcontractor
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Federal investigators have found that a subcontractor employed during construction of a new reservoir pump station on the Caloosahatchee River in Hendry County failed to pay 11 electricians the correct wage rate for the federally supported project, denying them $171,998 in wages and benefits.
An Employee States That Restaurants Offered A Priest To Extract Confessions Of "Sins" At Work. Federal Court Orders Payment Of $ 140,000 To 35 Staff Members
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The federal hour and salary investigation team has seen corrupt companies try all kinds of scams to pay less staff wages and to intimidate or retaliate against staff, But a Northern California restaurant's attempt to use an alleged priest to get staff to admit "sins" in the workplace may be among the most shameless.
Department Of Labor Investigation Recovers $60k In Back Wages, Damages From Restaurants That Shared Tips Illegally With Managers, Supervisors
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Rincon Brewery — operator of three California restaurants in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Ventura — allowed managers and supervisors to keep a portion of customers’ tips, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. They determined the employer distributed tips to employees based on job classifications, with non-tipped managers keeping the highest percentage of tips.
Department Of Labor To Hold Online Seminars To Educate Current, Prospective Federal Contractors On Prevailing Wage Requirements
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
Virginia Home Healthcare Agency, Owners Pay $604k In Back Wages, Damages After Federal Investigation Finds Workers Wrongly Asked To Waive Overtime Pay
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $604,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 50 employees of a Virginia Beach home healthcare agency that illegally asked workers to waive their right to receive hard-earned overtime pay.
Department Of Labor Investigation Recovers $60k In Back Wages, Damages From Restaurants That Shared Tips Illegally With Managers, Supervisors
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Rincon Brewery — operator of three California restaurants in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Ventura — allowed managers and supervisors to keep a portion of customers’ tips, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. They determined the employer distributed tips to employees based on job classifications, with non-tipped managers keeping the highest percentage of tips.
Employee Testifies Restaurants Offered Priest To Extract Confessions Of Workplace ‘sins;’ Federal Court Orders Payment Of $140k To 35 Workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Federal wage and hour investigators have seen corrupt employers try all kinds of scams to shortchange workers and to intimidate or retaliate against employees but a northern California restaurant’s attempt to use an alleged priest to get employees to admit workplace “sins” may be among the most shameless.
An Employee States That Restaurants Offered A Priest To Extract Confessions Of "Sins" At Work. Federal Court Orders Payment Of $ 140,000 To 35 Staff Members
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The federal hour and salary investigation team has seen corrupt companies try all kinds of scams to pay less staff wages and to intimidate or retaliate against staff, But a Northern California restaurant's attempt to use an alleged priest to get staff to admit "sins" in the workplace may be among the most shameless.
Us Department Of Labor Sues Fort Wayne Restaurant Operator That Refuses To Pay $290k In Back Wages, Damages Owed To 30 Servers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has taken federal court action against the operator of 10 Fort Wayne-area restaurants that failed to pay $290,000 in back wages and damages to 30 employees.
Virginia Home Healthcare Agency, Owners Pay $604k In Back Wages, Damages After Federal Investigation Finds Workers Wrongly Asked To Waive Overtime Pay
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $604,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 50 employees of a Virginia Beach home healthcare agency that illegally asked workers to waive their right to receive hard-earned overtime pay.
Department Of Labor To Hold Online Seminars To Educate Current, Prospective Federal Contractors On Prevailing Wage Requirements
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
Foxx, Owens Question Cardona about Fraud within Biden’s Student Loan Scam
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighting the potential for fraud within President Biden’s student loan scam.
Foxx Presses Becerra to Answer for Additional Burdens on Taxpayers and Harmful Health Care Policies
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement as prepared for delivery, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Chairman Owens to Hold Hearing on Innovation in Postsecondary Education — Tomorrow at 10:15A.M.
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Tomorrow, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Opportunities.”
Chairwoman Foxx Delivers Opening Remarks at Markup to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's markup to consider two bills — H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 and H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act:
Foxx: The NLRB and Big Labor Are Unabashed Bedfellows
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest ruling that takes a hatchet to the independent contractor model and ties the hands of workers and employers across the nation:
@EdWorkforceCmte Pass Bills to Bolster Telehealth and Preserve Education
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee passed H.R. 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023, which will help ensure workers do not lose access to critical telehealth services they have come to rely on for the past three years. The Committee also passed H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, which puts the academic success and safety of America’s students first.
Chairman Owens Leads Hearing on Postsecondary Education Innovation
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Opportunities":
Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Strengthening the Health Care Market
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 18, 2023
On Wednesday, June 21, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled “Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market.”