Employer:                                          Good Name 22:1 LLC

                                                            Operating as Chick-fil-A

                                                            52 Highland Square

                                                            Hendersonville, NC 28792

Empleador:                                        B&R Tires Inc.

Lugar de investigación:                15115 Whittram Ave.

                                                                   Fontana, CA 92335

SIOUX FALLS, SD – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $279,070 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Sioux Falls buffet restaurant that paid kitchen workers a flat monthly salary and denied them overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.

NEW ALBANY, OH – Federal investigators have recovered $88,822 in back wages and liquidated damages for 32 workers at a New Albany golf course and country club where the employer required tipped employees to share tips with managers and, by doing so, lost their ability to claim a tip credit under the law.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor and the IRS today renewed a memorandum of understanding and added a streamlined process for joint referrals and closer coordination to stop businesses from misclassifying workers and denying them their full wages, benefits and protections under the law.

NEW YORK – The operator of three northern New Jersey restaurants has learned that not cooperating with a federal investigation and ignoring several federal court orders can get you arrested.

SIOUX FALLS, SD - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. ha recuperado $279,070 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios del restaurante Sioux Falls que pagó a los trabajadores de la cocina un salario mensual fijo y les negó salarios por horas extras que exceden las 40 horas en una semana laboral.

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.

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.

Employer name:                    Universal HomeCare Service LLC                                             

Investigation site:                  213 Washington Ave.

                                                           Mansfield, LA 71052

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

Investigation site:                 7001 N. 10th St., Suite C, McAllen, Texas 78504

                                                         113 S 17th St., McAllen, TX 78501

Employer:                           CHU Contracting Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              14020 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300                                                                                                                                                                                                Chantilly, Virginia 20151

Employer:                                          Justar Fashion Inc.

Investigation sites:                            2660 Chico Ave.

South El Monte, CA 91733

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.