WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court that orders a Virginia concrete contractor to pay nearly $1.2 million in back wages, damages and penalties after its investigation found the employer misclassified 29 employees as independent contractors and failed to pay proper overtime to its employees.

PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that efforts to protect residential construction workers from unlawful pay practices have recovered a total of $3.2 million in wages and damages from four Arizona contractors for 890 workers.

SACRAMENTO, CA. El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $447,952 en salarios y compensación por daños a operador de tres tiendas de alimentación del condado de Kern para 60 trabajadores después de que una investigación federal descubrió que el empleador ilegalmente negó pagar como sobretiempo las horas trabajadas por encima de 40 en una semana laboral.

SACRAMENTO, CA – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $447,952 in back wages and damages from the operator of three Kern County grocery stores for 60 workers after a federal investigation found the employer illegally withheld overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.

WHO:             U.S. Department of Labor 

WHAT:          2024 Forum: 

                        “Ensuring a Strong Foundation of Compliance with Federal Labor Laws in Construction”

WHEN:          May 8-9, 2024

QUIÉN:          Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. 

QUÉ:              Foro 2024: 

Employer name:       

John Mirza Landscaping Inc.  

Employer address:    

49 Spring Valley Road

Montvale, NJ 07645 

Employer name:       Day-Debut Mechanical Inc.

Employer address:    22421 Goshen School Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20882

BIRMINGHAM, AL – A series of U.S.

LIBERTYTOWN, MD. Las personas empleadas por un subcontratista de plomería de Libertytown que trabajaron en un proyecto de construcción de Woodyard Station pueden optar a recibir su parte de los USD 156,495 en salarios y beneficios adicionales recuperados por una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU.

WEST COVINA, CA – Eb' li nakek'anjelak chaq sa' li oob' (5) chi ninqi k'ay re kaxlan aran La Puente ut City of Industry se' California naru' naketz'aqon sa' li $3.8 millones chi tumin re lix tojb'aleb' maji' xetoje' reheb' ut lix q’ajkamunkileb’  xb'aan li majewaak xexk'ul chaq, xtawman li tumin a'an sa' xk'ab'aheb' ut a'an Li Roq Ruq'il li Awab'ejil chirix li K’anjelak re li tenamit Estados Unidos li kipleetin  chaq rix choq reheb'.

WEST COVINA, CA – Aye aq´unal nchi aq´unan kyoje jwe’ ja te aq’unab’il nchi b´inchen eky´ toj California ex toj La Puente ex toj City Industry ch´ime at k’as kye tib’ajxe $3.8 millones kyi´je pwaq na´mx txi chjet kye ex ti´jo jni’ ma b´aj kyi´j ti´j tb´i ja kye aq´unel te Estados Unidos.

WEST COVINA, CA - A empleados de cinco empresas avícolas de California en La Puente y City of Industry se les puede deber parte de más de $3,800,000 en salarios atrasados y compensación por daños recuperados para por el Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU.

WEST COVINA, CA – Employees of five California poultry processing companies in La Puente and City of Industry may be owed a share of more than $3.8 million in back wages and damages recovered on their behalf by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Employer:       Circle of Love Home Care LLC 

Investigation site:  14102 Church St., Williston, SC 29853

BOSTON. El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. recuperó USD 518,446 en salarios atrasados para 54 trabajadores tras haber descubierto que un subcontratista de New Hampshire no pagó los salarios vigentes ni las tasas de beneficios a los trabajadores de la construcción en un proyecto financiado por el Estado federal en el Natick Soldier Systems Center en Natick.

BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $518,446 in back wages for 54 workers after finding a New Hampshire subcontractor did not pay prevailing wage and fringe benefits to construction workers on a federally funded project at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick.

LIBERTYTOWN, MD – Individuals employed by a Libertytown plumbing subcontractor who worked on a Woodyard Station construction project may be eligible to receive their share of $156,495 in wages and fringe benefits recovered by a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.

SEATTLE - Un tribunal federal ha ordenado a un productor de coronas navideñas para su venta por grandes comercios, incluidos Costco, Publix, Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart y Wegmans, pagar $1.85 millones en salarios atrasados y daños a casi 700 trabajadores después de que el Departamento de Trabajo de Estados Unidos descubriera que el empleador no pagó los salarios de horas extras requeridos y vulneró los derechos de los trabajadores migrantes y de temporada.

IONIA, MI ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $110,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for six employees of an Ionia hotel, including two who worked there for more than 40 hours per week for nearly 10 months without pay. The couple thought they were working in exchange for free lodging at the hotel, but the hotel still charged them for their stay on some nights they worked.