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US Department of Labor recovers $46K in back wages for Indiana construction workers on federal projects
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators recovered $46,125 in back wages for 35 employees after evaluating the company’s pay practices on 10 government contracts.
US Department of Labor recovers $82K for 23 restaurant workers after Tennessee employer’s pay practices denied overtime wages
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer failed to combine hours worked by three employees at multiple locations, instead issuing them separate checks for each establishment.
Federal investigation of teen worker’s fall from New Castle store roof finds Georgia contractor violated child labor, overtime, worker safety laws
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A federal investigation into why a 17-year-old worker – who fell 24 feet from the roof of a New Castle, Pennsylvania, home improvement store in October 2022 – was doing work that violated child labor laws led to a wider review into how the roofing contractor failed to pay 30 employees their full wages and exposed other workers to dangerous fall hazards.
US Department of Labor: Fair Labor Standards Act does not allow Bimbo Bakeries USA’s, Bimbo Foods’ countersuit against bakery drivers
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has requested that a federal court in Vermont allow the department to intervene and seek the court’s dismissal of a counterclaim that Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. – one of the nation’s largest baking companies – has asserted against its own workers who are seeking the overtime compensation that they are allegedly owed.
US Department of Labor recovers $633K in back wages for 84 workers for violations by District of Columbia development site’s subcontractors
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $633,029 in back wages for 84 workers denied their full wages and benefits by subcontractors involved in construction of an affordable housing development funded by the District of Columbia.
US Department of Labor investigation recovers more than $158K in back pay, damages for 78 Louisiana home healthcare workers denied overtime
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Amazing Grace PCA, a home health care provider, misclassified 77 workers as independent contractors which denied them of overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.
US Department of Labor recovers $1.1M from two San Diego companies that paid 50 Mexican workers as little as $2.43 per hour
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
In its continuing effort to combat labor abuses of foreign workers in Southern California’s logistics and warehousing industries, the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1.1 million from two companies operating in the San Diego area – Freig Carrillo Forwarding Inc. and ACV Logistics Inc. – for 50 Mexican nationals, some paid as little as $2.43 an hour.
Department of Labor seeks court order to stop Brooklyn staffing agency from demanding employees stay 3 years or repay wages
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit asking a federal court to stop a Brooklyn, New York, healthcare staffing provider from allegedly making employees sign contracts that would force them to work for the company for three years or repay rightfully earned wages.
Federal investigation finds Algood restaurant illegally used workers’ tips for operating expenses, allowed minors to operate dangerous machines
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $42,373 for 44 employees after finding an Algood restaurant illegally kept tips that employees earned.
US Department of Labor recovers $353K in back wages for 322 workers after finding poultry catching companies denied workers’ full wages
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Work in a poultry catching facility is hard, where people commonly face the risks of working with dangerous equipment, on slippery floors, around hazardous chemicals, and are exposed to the possibility of illness for those handling live birds and the waste and dust they produce.
US Department of Labor finds Honolulu addiction treatment center denied 34 care workers, support staff overtime, minimum wages
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A Honolulu substance abuse treatment facility must pay a total of $451,989 in back wages to 34 substance use disorder counselors and kitchen, clerical, maintenance and administrative staff after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the center’s illegal pay practices.
Operator of 8 Dunkin franchise locations in three states resolves child labor violations, enters enhanced compliance agreement to prevent future infractions
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
A federal investigation found Dunkin franchise locations in Maryland and West Virginia allowed 19 minors to work in violation of child labor laws, leading the employer to accept responsibility for the offenses and to sign an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to prevent future violations at its eight locations in three states.
US Department of Labor recovers $60K in back wages for nurses shortchanged by Perry County Hospital’s timekeeping issues
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators recovered $60,254 in overtime back wages for 107 nurses at Perry County Hospital. Investigators determined the hospital violated the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations when the facility:
Court orders Ohio healthcare provider to pay $22K in back wages, damages, penalties to 7 employees, after investigation finds overtime violations
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order that recovers $19,934 in back wages and damages from an Ohio home healthcare and adult daycare service provider who denied seven employees overtime wages and failed to properly pay in-home workers when clients’ needs disrupted their sleep time.
Department of Labor will reopen comment period on proposed amendment to Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Employee Benefits Security Administration will reopen the public comment period on the proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 – also known as the Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption – until April 6, 2023, to gather additional comments.
Federal court orders defunct Milwaukee info technology company, president to restore $18K withheld from employees for medical plan
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
On March 7, 2023, Judge Lynn Adelman in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin entered a default judgment against Stratagem Inc. and Gary Krieger, the company’s president, after he failed to meet a deadline of Sept. 21, 2022, to answer a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor.
US Department of Labor announces updates to better address federal firefighters with certain occupational illnesses’ benefits claims
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an update in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Program that will streamline claims processing for federal firefighters with certain occupational diseases.
US Department of Labor awards $20M in American Rescue Plan funding to promote equitable access to unemployment benefits in 4 states
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
To help identify and address barriers workers face regarding access to state unemployment insurance benefits, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $20 million in equity grants to Florida, Mississippi, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
US Department of Labor announces $15M funding availability to help youth, young adults prepare for college, career success
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $15 million in grant funding to support programs that help youth – particularly those in rural areas, people of color and people with disabilities – to overcome obstacles to educational and workforce success with training and career guidance.
Department of Labor lauds Job Corps’ students, contributions to wildland firefighting efforts in 2022 by US Forest Service
By DOL Newswire Reports | Mar 24, 2023
Amid more than 66,000 wildfires that burned nearly 7.6 million acres of land across the country in 2022, students in Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers combined to provide 204,633 total hours of support to federal firefighters – a 20 percent increase over the previous year – the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.