OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $59,049 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para 10 trabajadores cuyo empleador de un restaurante de Oklahoma ignoró las normas de horas extras y salario mínimo, retuvo ilegalmente una parte de las propias de los trabajadores y permitió que menores trabajaran más horas por semana de las permitidas y en horarios no permitidos por las leyes de trabajo infantil.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $59,049 in back wages and liquidated damages for 10 workers whose Oklahoma restaurant employer ignored overtime and minimum wage regulations, illegally kept a portion of workers’ tips and allowed minors to work more hours per week than permitted and at times not allowed by the federal child labor laws.

Employer name:                    Universal HomeCare Service LLC                                             

Investigation site:                  213 Washington Ave.

Employer name:        Publix Super Markets Inc.

Investigation site:      3300 Publix Corp. Parkway, Lakeland, FL 33811

Employer name:                    Oak Texas Bar & Grill LLC

                                                        Oak Texas Bar LLC

Employer:                                          Justar Fashion Inc.

Investigation sites:                            2660 Chico Ave.

Employer:                           CHU Contracting Inc.                                                                                                     

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha descubierto que un restaurante de St. Petersburg se interpuso a la ley federal, lo cual condujo a la recuperación de $28,162 en salarios atrasados para 36 empleados, y cambios en las prácticas de pago de los empleadores. El empleador pagaba ilegalmente al personal de cocina, los lavaplatos y los meseros como contratistas independientes.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $503,053 in back wages and liquidated damages for 227 workers of a Panama City Beach hotel staffing agency that denied them full wages and benefits when the employer misclassified them as independent contractors.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $503,053 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para 227 trabajadores de una agencia de personal de hoteles en Panama City Beach que les negaba los salarios completos y los beneficios cuando el empleador los clasificaba erróneamente como contratistas independientes.

PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking current and former employees of a Tempe construction contractor who may be owed a share of more than $2.6 million in overtime wages and damages recovered after a federal court approved a consent judgment in response to litigation and a long-standing investigation by the department.

PHOENIX – El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. está buscando a empleados actuales y anteriores de un contratista de construcción de Tempe, Arizona, a quienes se les debe entregar parte de los más de $2.6 millones en salarios por horas extra y compensación por daños recuperados después de que un tribunal federal aprobó un dictamen por consentimiento luego de un largo litigio e investigación por parte del departamento.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found a St. Petersburg restaurant ran afoul of federal law, leading to the recovery of $28,162 in back wages for 36 employees, and changes to the employers’ pay practices. The employer illegally paid kitchen staff, dishwashers, and servers as independent contractors.

LINCOLN, NE – A federal court in Nebraska today entered a consent order and judgment in which Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD – one of the nation’s largest providers of food safety sanitation services – agreed to immediately comply with child labor laws at all facilities nationwide and to take significant steps to ensure future compliance, including employing an outside compliance specialist.

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $370,194 in back wages and liquidated damages from the owners of two restaurants in Los Angeles and Pasadena who illegally denied overtime wages to 54 workers, and attempted to hide their misdeeds.

SEATTLE – While 77 care workers employed by Seattle-area adult family home providers worked long hours to ensure the well-being and daily needs of older adults and people with disabilities, a federal investigation has found their employers were shortchanging them $530,418 in wages.

LOS ANGELES – El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recuperó $370,194 en salarios atrasados ​​y compensación por daños de los dueños de dos restaurantes en Los Ángeles y Pasadena que ilegalmente negaron el pago de horas extra a 54 trabajadores y trataron de ocultarlo.

MACON, GA – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found a Fort Valley community center’s failure to provide timely career counseling, information and referrals to three adult workers with developmental disabilities led to violations of federal regulations, and the recovery of $12,211 in back wages for the workers.

MACON, GA - Una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo descubrió que un centro comunitario de Fort Valley no brindaba asesoría para las carreras profesionales, información ni derivaciones de forma oportuna para tres trabajadores adultos con discapacidades de desarrollo, lo cual ocasionó violaciones de normas federales, y la recuperación de $12,211 en salarios atrasados para los trabajadores.

PITTSBURGH – A federal investigation has found child labor violations involving 101 minor-aged workers at 13 McDonald’s locations in the greater Pittsburgh area operated by Santonastasso Enterprises LLC, based in Bridgeville.