August 3, 2023

Department of Labor recovers $21K for 23 workers after finding minimum wage, overtime, child labor violations at Montgomery restaurant

Employer:    Alley Enterprises LLC, operating as Central Restaurant, 129 Coosa St., Montgomery, AL 36104

August 2, 2023

Investigation recovers $45K in back wages from fruit company that denied dozens of agricultural workers full wages, transportation and housing

Employer name:       Mt. Clifton Fruit Company LLC

Investigation site:     17581 Mechanicsville Road, Timberville, VA 22853

August 1, 2023

US Department of Labor launches ‘Power to Pump’ campaign on newly expanded workplace protections for nursing mothers

WASHINGTON – As people around the globe recognize World Breastfeeding Week and the U.S. honors National Breastfeeding Month, the U.S. Department of Labor today launched “Power to Pump,” a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of protections for millions of additional nursing workers to express milk.

August 1, 2023

Department of Labor recovers $114K in back wages, damages from operators of Yuma sports bar who intentionally denied overtime pay to 86 workers

YUMA, AZ – A federal investigation into the pay practices of a Yuma sports bar and grill has recovered $114,996 in back wages and damages for 86 workers employed by three owners who learned that denying employees overtime wages — deliberately and knowingly — is a bad and costly wager.

July 27, 2023

Department of Labor recovers $160K in wages, damages for 69 winery, restaurant workers denied full tips, wages by employer’s illegal pay practices

Employer name:              Sloan & Williams Winery LLC

Investigation site:           401 S. Main St.

                                                  Grapevine, TX 76051

July 27, 2023

Department of Labor, Interagency Task Force announce recent actions to combat exploitative child labor with new partnerships, innovative tactics, ramped up enforcement

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor and its partners from the Interagency Task Force to Combat Child Labor Exploitation today announced its recent actions to hold companies accountable for violating federal child labor laws.

July 27, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $58K in back wages for plumbers working on federal project in New Orleans area

 

Employer name:                   AHG Services LLC 

Investigation site:                2225 Piedmont St.

July 27, 2023

Court requires Kaneohe assisted living facilities, owners who willfully denied 23 employees overtime to pay $287K in back wages, damages

HONOLULU – A federal court has required the owners and operators of two residential care facilities in Kaneohe to pay $287,279 in wages and liquidated damages to 23 caregivers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employers intentionally denied them overtime wages.

July 26, 2023

Investigation recovers $178K for 8 employees from New York gas station, convenience store, Subway franchise operator

ALBANY, NY – A federal investigation has recovered $178,372 in back wages and damages for eight workers employed by the owner and operator of a gas station, convenience store and Subway franchise in New York who denied them their legally earned minimum and overtime wages.

July 25, 2023

Utah supermarket, wholesaler pays $525K in back wages, damages, penalties after US Department of Labor investigation, litigation

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $502,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 148 people employed by one of Utah’s largest Asian grocers after the agency filed suit to stop the employer from interfering with an investigation into employer’s compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

July 25, 2023

Department of Labor recovers $73K in back wages, damages from Hawaii food wholesaler who denied overtime pay to 11 warehouse employees

Employer:      Family Food Co. Inc.

                        1043 Opakapaka St.

                        Kapolei, HI 96707

July 25, 2023

Workers underserved: Court requires six Connecticut restaurants, owners to pay $858K to 105 workers after Department of Labor investigation, litigation

HARTFORD, CT – A federal court has entered a consent judgment and order requiring six Connecticut restaurants and their owners to pay a total of $858,191 in back wages and liquidated damages to 105 employees after an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The restaurants are located in Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, New Haven and Westport.

July 25, 2023

Labor Department obtains judgment to recover $162K in back wages, damages from Reading assisted living facility for 20 employees denied full wages

Employer name: Morris-Pace Assisted Living Inc., operating as Morris-Pace Personal Care Home, and located at 416 Reading Ave., Reading, Pennsylvania 19611

Court action: Consent judgment obtained on July 3, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by the Department of Labor.

July 25, 2023

Department of Labor recovers $64K in back wages for 41 workers after finding Cedar Bluff pest control employer failed to pay overtime

Employer:                              Extermco LLC, operating as Extermco Pest Control

July 24, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $373K in back wages, damages from California staffing agency that denied overtime pay to 23 caregivers

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $373,471 in back wages and damages for 23 caregivers after an investigation found a Bay Area staffing agency denied overtime wages to workers, some of whom worked 12 to 16 hours a day.

July 24, 2023

US Department of Labor finds Wisconsin restaurant operator shortchanged more than 100 employees more than $272K in wages

PEWAUKEE, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor has found the operator of four Wisconsin restaurants violated several federal regulations, denying 110 servers, cooks and other employees earned wages and tips and employing three minors to work later and longer hours than the law permits.