September 27, 2022

El Departamento de Trabajo de EEUU descubre que una empresa de paneles de yeso negaba a 55 trabajadores de Houston las horas extras y los beneficios al clasificarlos erróneamente como contratistas independientes

Nombre del empleador:                   Omega Drywall Company Inc.

Lugar de investigación:                    3010 Eula Morgan Road

September 27, 2022

US Labor Department recovers $8,149 in back wages, liquidated damages for 2 workers terminated by Tucker Brewing Co. after asking about pay practices

Employer:                                   Tucker Brewing Co. LLC

Investigation site:                  2003 S. Bibb Drive

September 26, 2022

Operator of Dairy Queen franchises fined $42K after federal investigation finds child labor violations at 11 Indiana, Michigan, locations

FORT WAYNE, IN – Heading to a roadside ice cream stand is a popular outing for Americans of all ages. Working behind the counter at these outlets is a first-time job for many teens. When the hours they work exceed limits set by federal child labor laws, these experiences can serve up violations for employers.

September 26, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers $121K in back overtime pay for 640 workers at 11 Detroit-area residential healthcare facilities

SOUTHFIELD, MI – A Detroit-area residential healthcare facilities management company has paid $121,525 in back overtime wages to 640 employees, following a U.S. Department of Labor review of its pay practices.

September 23, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers $352K in back pay for 653 workers after Detroit area staffing agency misclassifies them as independent contractors

DEARBORN, MI – Federal wage investigators have recovered $352,347, in back overtime wages for 653 workers of a Dearborn staffing agency that assigned them to manufacturing facilities and illegally classified them as independent contractors.

By doing so, the employer denied their workers overtime wages, a violation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

September 22, 2022

US Department of Labor investigation finds Houston area drywall contractor violated federal law, misclassified workers as independent contractors

Employer name:                    First Choice Interiors LLC

Investigation site:                 11430 Bissonnet Street, Suite E1

September 22, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers $100K in wages for Oklahoma City rehabilitation program residents denied minimum wage, overtime

Employer name:           OKC Metro Alliance

                                               operating as Men’s and Women’s Firstep Residential Recovery Program

Investigation site:        1940 Linwood Blvd.

September 22, 2022

Una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. revela que un contratista de paneles de yeso del área de Houston violó la ley federal y clasificó erróneamente a los trabajadores como contratistas independientes

 

Nombre del empleador:                   First Choice Interiors LLC

Lugar de investigación:                    11430 Bissonnet Street, Suite E1

September 22, 2022

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera más de $70,000 en salarios atrasados para 38 trabajadores de restaurantes de Luisiana a los que se les negó el salario mínimo y el pago de horas extras

 

Nombre del empleador:       Blue Agave & Brothers LLC

                                                            Blue Apache Mexican Restaurant

Lugar de investigación:         905 Savoy Road

September 20, 2022

US Department of Labor urges greater focus on safety by employers, workers as deaths, injuries in agricultural transportation incidents rises sharply

SAN FRANCISCO – As the nation marks National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 19-23, the U.S. Department of Labor is urging agricultural industry employers and workers to act immediately to reverse an alarming increase in needless deaths and injuries in transportation-related incidents.

September 20, 2022

Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. insta a empleadores, trabajadores centrarse en seguridad tras aumentar muertes, heridos en transporte agrícola

SAN FRANCISCO – Mientras la nación conmemora la Semana Nacional de Salud y Seguridad Agrícola del 19 al 23 de septiembre, el Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. está instando a empleadores y trabajadores de la industria agrícola a actuar de inmediato para revertir el alarmante aumento de muertes y lesiones prevenibles en incidentes relacionados con el transporte.

September 20, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers more than $70K in back wages for 38 Louisiana restaurant workers denied minimum wage, overtime

Employer name:        Blue Agave & Brothers

                                     Blue Apache Mexican Restaurant

September 19, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers $230K in back wages for 274 Austin-area restaurants’ workers denied full tips by employer

AUSTIN, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $230,353 in back wages for 274 workers employed by a popular central Texas barbecue restaurant operator after an investigation found the employer gave a portion of employee tips to restaurant managers – a practice not allowed by federal law.

September 19, 2022

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $230,000 en salarios atrasados para 274 trabajadores de restaurantes de la zona de Austin a quienes el empleador les negaba las propinas completas

AUSTIN, TX - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $230,353 en salarios atrasados para 274 trabajadores empleados por un popular operador de restaurantes de barbacoa en el centro de Texas después de que una investigación descubriera que el empleador daba parte de las propinas de los empleados a los gerentes del restaurante, una práctica prohibida por la ley federal.

September 15, 2022

US Labor Department recovers $6K in back pay, levies $10K in punitive damages for Portland hotel worker fired after exercising protected rights

MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $6,333 in back pay and levied $10,000 in punitive damages after finding a Portland, Maine, hotel operator unlawfully terminated a housekeeper after they contacted the division with a concern about the operator’s pay practices.

September 14, 2022

US Department of Labor recovers $269K in back wages, damages for live-in caregivers, whose Ontario employer denied them overtime

ONTARIO, CA – A federal investigation has found the operator of four Southern California residential care homes failed to pay overtime wages to four live-in caregivers who worked as many as 16-hours a day, seven days a week, and recovered a total of $269,104 in back wages and liquidated damages for them. 

September 13, 2022

El Departamento de Trabajo recupera $1.8 millones para 478 trabajadores de la construcción de Massachusetts por medio de una litigación por desacato en un tribunal federal

BOSTON - Como resultado de una litigación por desacato civil prolongada por parte del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. contra dos empresas de construcción de Massachusetts, el Tribunal Distrital de EE. UU. por el distrito de Massachusetts aprobó la distribución de $1.8 millones provenientes de las ventas de inmuebles ordenadas por el tribunal y fondos adicionales a 478 trabajadores empleados por Force Corp., AB Construction Group Inc., Juliano Fernandes y Anderson dos Santos.

September 13, 2022

US Department of Labor finds Albuquerque home healthcare provider denied 64 workers more than $130K in overtime wages, damages

Employer name:                   Advantage Communications Systems Inc.

Investigation site:                 4219 Montgomery Blvd. NE

September 13, 2022

For the fourth time, US Labor Department finds Roseburg hotel operator shortchanging employees of minimum wage, overtime wages

Employer:                               Crystal Services LLC, operating as Baymont by Wyndham