February 5, 2024

Steele agricultural employer pays over $18K in back wages, penalties after giving H-2A workers preferential treatment over U.S. workers

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Employer:                              Boatwright Farms LLC

February 5, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $320K in back wages, damages for 59 employees of restaurant in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood

BOSTON – A restaurant in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood has paid a total of $320,000 in back wages, liquidated damages and punitive damages to 59 current and former employees to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

February 5, 2024

Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU., la Oficina del Contralor de Puerto Rico renuevan el acuerdo para compartir información y recursos sobre cuestiones salariales.

Participantes:                                    Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU., División de Horas y Salarios

February 5, 2024

US Department of Labor, Puerto Rico Office of the Comptroller renew agreement to share information, resources on wage issues

Participants:                          U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

February 5, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $181K for 70 nurses, assistants denied overtime after Michigan company misclassifies them as contractors

Employers:    Reliance Staffing LLC, Fahim Uddin, owner

Actions:          Fair Labor Standards Act consent judgment

Courts:           U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 

February 5, 2024

US Department of Labor offers webinar for hospitality industry employers, workers, other stakeholders for Hospitality Worker Appreciation Day

Who:               U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division          

What:             Labor law webinar for Hospitality Worker Appreciation Day 

February 1, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $167K in back wages, damages for 17 workers denied overtime pay by West Virginia restaurant

Employer name:  Ole Jose Grill & Cantina LLC, operating as Ole, Jose Grill & Cantina

Employer address: 564 River Drive Ave., Pineville, West Virginia 24784

February 1, 2024

El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. recupera más de $460,000 en sueldos y daños para 104 empleados de un supermercado de Houston

HOUSTON: El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. recuperó $460,857 en concepto de sueldos atrasados y daños después de que los investigadores federales descubrieran que un supermercado de Houston no pagó las horas extras a 104 trabajadores.

February 1, 2024

US Department of Labor investigation recovers more than $460K in wages, damages for 104 Houston supermarket employees

HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $460,857 in back wages and damages after federal investigators found a Houston supermarket failed to pay 104 workers overtime wages.

February 1, 2024

US Department of Labor investigation finds Pennsylvania employment service agency Equus Workforce Solutions violated federal child labor laws

Employer name:  Arbor E&T LLC, doing business as Res-Care Workforce Services, doing business as Equus Workforce Solutions

Investigation site:  245 Depot St., St. Marys, Pennsylvania 15857

January 30, 2024

Department of Labor announces seminars for current, prospective federal contractors on prevailing wage requirements

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars throughout 2024 for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.

January 29, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $50K in back wages, damages for dishwashers, cooks at Indiana cantina

Employer:     Toremac LLC operating as Papi Chulo's Cantina

                       330 IN-46

                       Spencer, IN

January 29, 2024

Nearly $16M in wages, benefits recovered for more than 2,800 workers denied full pay by 62 subcontractors on federal project at New Jersey military base

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, NJ  A widespread investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor has recovered nearly $16 million in back wages and restored over 24,700 paid sick leave hours to leave banks for more than 2,800 workers denied their full wages and benefits by 62 subcontractors hired to construct temporary housing and provide services to Afghan refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.

January 25, 2024

Federal court sanctions Wisconsin hospitality group for failing to comply with US Department of Labor subpoenas

Employers:    

Arora Hospitality Group LLC

Banee Corporation

Harjap Hospitality Group LLC 

MKE Oil Corporation

Oshkosh Hospitality Group LLC 

Hardeep Arora                        

January 25, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $51K in back wages, damages for employees of Evansville consignment store 

 

Employer: M & M Enterprises Inc. ‒ operating as Worldwide Missions Consignment Store

                   301 N. Congress Ave., 

                   Evansville, IN

January 25, 2024

US Labor Department recovers $33K in back wages for 28 workers after Lake City ambulance services failed to pay overtime at required rates

Employer:                              Excelsior Ambulance Service Inc.

                                                173 SE Baya Drive

January 25, 2024

Federal court holds Grand Rapids Subway owner in contempt for failing to comply with US Department of Labor subpoena for wage investigation

 

Employers:    Superior Ventures Unlimited LLC ‒ operating as Subway 

                        Miranda Barajas-Brazil 

                        

January 25, 2024

California restaurant owner agrees to pay $824K in back wages, damages to 102 workers after Department of Labor finds employer failed to pay overtime

MANTECA, CA – A restaurant in California will pay $824,405 in back wages and liquidated damages to 102 workers after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found the company’s pay practices denied employees overtime pay for the hours they worked beyond 40 per week, as the law requires.

January 25, 2024

US Department of Labor fines Utah creamery $42K for violating federal child labor law

Employer name:           The Sweet Place LLC operating as Cold Stone Creamery

Investigation sites:      175 25th St., Suite 100, Ogden, UT 84401

                                                1917 W. 1800 N., Suite A5, Clinton, UT 84015

January 25, 2024

Dueño de restaurante en California acuerda pagar $824,000 a 102 trabajadores tras investigación por violaciones al pago de horas extra

MANTECA, CA - Un restaurante de California deberá pagar $824,405 en salarios atrasados y compensación por daños a 102 trabajadores después de que una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. descubriera que las prácticas salariales de la empresa negaban a los empleados el pago de tarifas de sobretiempo por las horas trabajadas por encima de 40 semanales como exige la ley.