BARRIGADA, GUAM – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $547,378 in back wages and liquidated damages for 139 employees of a federal construction contractor in Guam who shortchanged them in violation of federal labor laws.

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Employer:                              Boatwright Farms LLC

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.

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

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

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 

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

What:             Labor law webinar for Hospitality Worker Appreciation Day 

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Employer:     Toremac LLC operating as Papi Chulo's Cantina

                       330 IN-46

                       Spencer, IN

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.

Employers:    

Arora Hospitality Group LLC

Banee Corporation

Harjap Hospitality Group LLC 

MKE Oil Corporation

Oshkosh Hospitality Group LLC 

Hardeep Arora                        

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

                   301 N. Congress Ave., 

                   Evansville, IN

Employer:                              Excelsior Ambulance Service Inc.

                                                173 SE Baya Drive

Employers:    Superior Ventures Unlimited LLC ‒ operating as Subway 

                        Miranda Barajas-Brazil 

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.

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