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Court Awards $254k In Back Wages, Damages After Us Department Of Labor Investigation Finds Medical Transport Company Misclassified Employees
Following a five-day jury trial, a federal district court in Minneapolis has awarded $254,628 in back wages and liquidated damages to 21 drivers after the U.S. Department of Labor determined their employer, a non-emergency medical transportation company, misclassified them as independent contractors denying them overtime pay.
The Department Of Labor Discovers That A Haverhill Company Violated The Temporary Work Visa Program And Recovers $ 832,000 In Back Wages, Damages For 47 People Employed To Perform Landscaping
The Department of Labor has recovered $ 771,022 in back wages and $ 61,215 in damages for 47 people employed in a landscaping company in Haverhill that did not comply with the requirements of the federal H-2B work visa program and the Fair Labor Standards Act. The H-2B Work Visa Program allows companies to hire workers with temporary visas for limited periods
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Department Of Labor Finds Haverhill Company Violated Temporary Visa Worker Program, Recovers $832k In Back Wages, Damages For 47 Landscaping Workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $771,022 in back wages and $61,215 in liquidated damages for 47 workers of a Haverhill landscaping company after the employer failed to comply with requirements of the federal H-2B worker program and the Fair Labor Standards Act. The H-2B Worker Program permits businesses to employ temporary visa workers for limited periods of time.
Judge Upholds Department Of Labor Findings, Orders Schaumburg Pool Company To Pay $312k In Back Wages To 26 Non-immigrant Workers
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
An administrative law judge has ordered a Schaumburg residential and commercial swimming pool company to pay $312,561 in back wages to 26 workers, employed under a federal guest worker visa program, after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer failed to comply with the H-2B guest worker visa program.
Federal Court Orders Tennessee Security Provider To Pay More Than $632k To 105 Security, Traffic Control Workers Misclassified As Independent Contractors
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
– A federal court in Nashville has affirmed the findings of an investigation that determined a Tennessee security and traffic control services provider and its owner misclassified 105 workers as independent contractors, including some who worked as security guards in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
The Department Of Labor Recovers $ 142,000 In Overtime Back Wages Owed To 65 Health Workers In Oklahoma By California Diagnostic Provider
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
While dozens of health workers in Oklahoma tested many people for coronavirus in tents, hotel rooms, and other public spaces during the height of the pandemic, their employer misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them overtime wages, benefits, and protections that they earned the most.
Department Of Labor Recovers $505k For Mississippi Delta Farmworkers After Dozens Of Employers Violated Workers’ Rights, Assesses $341k In Penalties
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
In the summer of 2022, U.S. Department of Labor leaders heard from a group of Black farmworkers in the Mississippi Delta about allegations of abuse and exploitation of Black farmworkers in some of the nation’s poorest counties, including egregious violations of their workplace rights.
Us Department Of Labor Awards $11.6m In Grants To 4 States To Improve Delivery Of Workforce Services, Measure Effectiveness
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $11.6 million to help fund examinations of the outcomes and effectiveness of state education and workforce programs in Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Us Department Of Labor Awards Initial $4.5m To Support Disaster-related Jobs, Other Assistance To Guam In Wake Of Typhoon Mawar
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the initial award of $4,549,554 in funding to support cleanup and recovery activities in Guam after Typhoon Mawar caused flooding and extensive damage in May 2023.
Us Department Of Labor Awards $49.4m To 17 Organizations In 15 States To Provide Pre-, Post-release Job Training, Services For Reentry Population
By DOL Newswire Report | Jun 29, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $49.4 million in grants to 17 organizations in 15 states to provide training, employment and supportive services to adults reentering the workforce following incarceration in a local jail or state correctional facility.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.