April 10, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $77K in back wages, liquidated damages after finding three liquor stores denied workers overtime

Employers:         Nyrio Investments Corp., operating as Stateline Liquor & Wine at 1069 Main Street, Southaven, MS 38671

                             Three Star Investments, operating as Three Star Liquor Store, 3305 South 3rd Street, Memphis, TN 38109

April 6, 2023

Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $114K para 92 carwasheros tras investigación de cadena de autolavados en Houston que no pagó sobretiempo

Ubicaciones del empleador:   Westheimer Car Wash LLC, 12810 Westheimer Road, Houston (Sede principal)

                                                               Hobby Car Wash LLC, 7991 Bellfort Ave., Houston

April 6, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $114K for 92 workers after investigation finds Houston car wash chain denied overtime wages

Employer locations:   Westheimer Car Wash LLC, 12810 Westheimer Road, Houston (Headquarters)

                                      Hobby Car Wash LLC, 7991 Bellfort Ave., Houston

April 5, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $108K from Alabama-based contractor for 21 workers in Jacksonville illegally denied overtime wages

Employer:                                          Timberline Construction Group LLC

April 5, 2023

Ohio lathe mill pays $22K in child labor penalties after 15-year-old suffers injury while working in a sawmill

DUNDEE, OH – An Ohio lathe mill has paid an enhanced child labor enforcement penalty of $22,093 after  federal investigators found the company employed a 15-year-old worker illegally in a hazardous occupation –the operation of a sawmill – which led the worker to suffer injury when he became entangled in the gears of a powered wood processing machine.

April 5, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $62K in minimum wage, overtime back wages, damages for 20 workers of Grand Rapids’ restaurant

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $62,412 in back wages and damages for 20 workers after a federal court in Michigan supported the department’s findings that a Grand Rapids restaurant denied overtime wages to the workers and failed to pay minimum wage to one server.

April 4, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $289K in back wages, damages, penalties after investigation found Maryland employers denied workers overtime wages

Employer names:     

Stark Truss Baltimore LLC, 1200 E. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21225

Jordi Construction LLC, 6706 Coolridge Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748

April 3, 2023

US Department of Labor alleges Palm Beach medical transportation company misclassified employees as independent contractors, denied them overtime pay

Date of action:                       March 31, 2023

Type of action:                      Complaint

Names of defendant:         Medi-Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc.

April 3, 2023

Pesos por dólares: Departamento de Trabajo recupera $465,000 en salarios atrasados, daños y perjuicios de un fabricante de Carlsbad que pagaba de menos a trabajadores mexicanos

CARLSBAD, CA - Una investigación federal ha recuperado $465,993 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para 44 empleados de un fabricante de moldeado médico por inyección de California que les negaba los salarios que ganaban legalmente, incluidas las horas extras, clasificando a muchos aprendices de forma incorrecta.

April 3, 2023

US Department of Labor to host online forum for employers, contractors, workers, other stakeholders on workplace compliance, other issues

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

WHAT:          2023 Department of Labor Forum–Partnering to Build Sustainable Compliance

WHEN:          May 2 and 3, 2023

April 3, 2023

1st Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies law governing administrative exemption consistent with US Department of Labor

Date of action:                       March 22, 2023

Type of action:                      Order

Names of defendants:         Unitil Service Corp.

April 3, 2023

US Labor Department recovers $23K in back wages, damages for 34 employees denied overtime pay by private sporting club in Greenbrier County

Employer name: The Greenbrier Sporting Club Inc.

Investigation site: One Sporting Club Drive, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986

March 30, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $50K for North, South Carolina gas station workers, assesses $16K penalty for repeated violations

Employer:                              Shaun Sej Inc., operating as:

                                                    Buford Express, 4433 Pageland Highway, Lancaster, SC 29720

March 29, 2023

US Department of Labor cites Titusville plastic pipe maker for child labor, overtime violations, recovers $10K in back wages, damages for 60 workers

TITUSVILLE, PA A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into how a 17-year-old worker suffered a minor injury at a Titusville plastic pipe manufacturer found the employer allowed the youth to illegally operate a forklift, a hazardous occupation under federal child labor law.

March 29, 2023

Heightened US Department of Labor enforcement effort finds 4 Utah soda, dessert shops employed 19 minors in violation of federal child labor laws

SALT LAKE CITY – The operators of a growing chain of specialty beverage and dessert shops founded in Utah employed 19 young teens for more hours and times than federal law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.

March 28, 2023

Court enters consent order requiring restaurants to pay $911K in back wages, damages to 99 underpaid workers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire

CONCORD, NH – A federal court has entered a consent order requiring the Concord-based owner and operator of three restaurants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to pay $911,568 in back wages and liquidated damages to 99 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into their pay practices.

March 28, 2023

Un tribunal aprueba un fallo por consentimiento que obliga a unos restaurantes a pagar $911,000 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios a 99 trabajadores mal pagos en Massachusetts y Nuevo Hampshire

CONCORD, NH - Un tribunal federal ha aprobado un fallo por consentimiento que obliga al propietario y operador de tres restaurantes en Nuevo Hampshire y Massachusetts, con sede principal en Concord, Nuevo Hampshire a pagar $911,568 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios a 99 empleados tras una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. sobre sus prácticas de pago.

March 28, 2023

US Department of Labor finds Salt Lake City restaurant supply company illegally employed 22 minor-aged workers beyond hours allowed

SALT LAKE CITY – A federal investigation has found a Salt Lake City restaurant supply company allowed 22 employees – ages 14 and 15 – to work as many as 46 hours per workweek, and to begin work after midnight – both illegal practices under child labor laws. 

March 27, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $67K for employee illegally terminated for exercising rights to bond with newborn child, care for spouse

COVINGTON, GA – A Covington distribution center turned an employee and their family’s joyous celebration of life and a chance to bond with their newborn into a nightmare by illegally terminating the worker for exercising their rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, an investigation has found.

March 27, 2023

Department of Labor obtains consent order, US Virgin Islands supermarket chain must pay $240K in back wages, damages to 33 underpaid workers

ST. THOMAS, VI – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that requires four U.S. Virgin Islands supermarkets, and their owner and former operations manager to pay 33 workers – including janitors, security guards and stock people – $240,000 in back wages and liquidated damages after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer denied them overtime wages.