September 29, 2016

US Labor Department seeks reinstatement, back pay, damages from leading building materials company for Texas quarry worker

Date of Action: Sept. 29, 2016

Type of Action: Lawsuit filing

Name of Defendant: Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

Allegation: The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Martin Marietta Materials Inc. after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that the employer violated the Family Medical Leave Act.

September 29, 2016

County of Essex, private detention facility contractor to pay $4.8 million in back wages, fringe benefits to resolve labor violations

NEWARK, N.J. – One hundred and twenty-two employees at a Newark immigration detention facility will receive $4.8 million in back wages and fringe benefits from the County of Essex and one of the nation’s largest providers of re-entry and in-prison treatment services, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

September 29, 2016

US Department of Labor announces final rule requiring federal contractors to provide workers access to paid sick leave

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule today requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees who work on or in connection with certain federal contracts. The rule will allow these workers to use paid leave if they are sick, need to take care of a sick family member or must see a doctor or take a family member to a medical appointment. Workers may also use paid sick leave for reasons related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.

September 27, 2016

Washington housing management company to pay $239K to workers statewide

Employer: Cambridge Management, Inc.

Sites: 1916 64th Ave. West
Tacoma, Washington

Apartment complexes in Tacoma, Olympia, Chehalis, Spokane, Clarkson, Yakima, Pasco, Quincy, Kennewick, Richland Moses Lake, Sunnyside and Walla Walla

September 26, 2016

Providence restaurant, owner to pay $567K in back wages, damages to 104 employees denied minimum wage, overtime pay

Date of Action: Sept. 23, 2016

Type of Action: Complaint, Consent Judgment and Order

Name of Defendants: Jacky's Galaxie Providence, Inc., doing business as Jacky's Waterplace & Sushi Bar, and Kin Wah Ko. 200 Exchange St., Providence, Rhode Island.

September 13, 2016

US Department of Labor, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission sign agreement to protect workers from misclassification

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

September 8, 2016

Chevron subsidiaries in California, Texas to pay $1.5 million in overtime back wages, damages to 750 field workers after US Labor Department investigation

SAN FRANCISCO – Oil and gas industry workers often work long hours to provide essential products for the nation’s economy. In return, these employees expect their employers to pay them fairly and fully, as the law requires. For 750 workers employed by one of the world’s largest industry operators, this was not the case.

September 8, 2016

More than 800 Central Florida hotel workers to share $133K in back wages after US Labor Department investigates Kissimmee staffing agency

Employer name: APDC Services Inc., 3059 Michigan Ave., Kissimmee, Florida 34744

Investigation sites:

1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd., Lake Buena Vista 32830

8451 Palm Parkway, Orlando 32836

1905 Hotel Plaza Blvd., Lake Buena Vista 32830

12007 Cypress Run Road, Orlando 32836

September 7, 2016

Welders, pipe fitters along Gulf Coast to be paid $516K in back wages

NEW ORLEANS – Two Gulf Coast staffing agencies have agreed to paid 353 workers nearly $516,000 in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found they classified employees incorrectly as independent contractors and mislabeled wages as per-diem reimbursement for expenses never incurred.

September 1, 2016

Georgia mail hauler pays $971K in back wages, fringe benefits to 99 drivers after US Labor Department investigation

Employer name: Roadmaster Transportation Inc.

Investigation site: 1640 Stone Ridge Drive, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083

September 1, 2016

Bronx, Brooklyn beauty supply stores ordered to pay $218K to 16 workers illegally denied overtime pay

NEW YORK – For more than a dozen sales clerks, cashiers, stock clerks and security guards at three beauty supply stores in the Bronx and Brooklyn, the hours were long but too often, their pay came up short.

Now, as a result of a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation and the department’s litigation, their employers must pay the 16 workers a total of $218,000 in back wages and liquidated damages.

August 31, 2016

US Department of Labor, North Carolina Industrial Commission sign agreement to protect workers from misclassification

Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
North Carolina Industrial Commission

August 29, 2016

US Labor Secretary Perez renews workplace rights agreements with five Central American, South American and Asian Pacific governments

WASHINGTON – At the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez renewed partnership agreements with embassy officials representing the governments of Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and the Philippines. The renewals come as the department kicks off Labor Rights Week 2016, from today through Sept. 4. This year’s theme is “Your Work Has Dignity. Know Your Rights.”

August 25, 2016

National Freight to pay more than $1M in back wages to 357 workers after US Labor Department investigation

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – One of the nation’s largest commercial transportation companies will finally pay driver dispatchers and trailer yard spotters for the long hours they worked, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

August 25, 2016

US Labor Department finds 16 bulk mail delivery contractors owe more than $500K in back wages, benefits to more than 250 drivers

ST. LOUIS – Their drivers may have delivered the mail through snow, rain, heat and the gloom of night, but 16 mail haulers contracted by the U.S. Postal Service failed to pay full wages and benefits to more than 250 of their drivers in violation of federal law, an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division has found.

August 25, 2016

US Labor Department finds $576K in back wages, restitution for Dominican Republic farm workers who ‘paid’ to pick vegetables

FOLEY, Minn. – Imagine paying for the right to pick vegetables, and then traveling more than 2,000 miles  – from the Dominican Republic to a Minnesota farm where your employer demanded you kick back a portion of your wages and the entire cost of the airfare you paid – all in violation of federal law.

August 24, 2016

Los Angeles senior living facility to pay $81K in back wages, damages to 17 workers after violating labor laws

Employers: Astoria Quality Senior Living, a residential care facility doing business as Astoria II

Location: 8041 Blackburn Ave., Los Angeles, California

August 24, 2016

Nail salons in Nassau, Suffolk counties to pay $203K in back wages, damages and penalties to 95 underpaid salon workers

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s Long Island District Office has resulted in the recovery of more than $178,000 in back wages and damages for 95 nail salon workers underpaid between 2012 and 2015 at six Nassau and Suffolk County nail salons. In addition, the salons will pay $24,640 in civil monetary penalties as part of their settlement.

August 23, 2016

SoCal contractor pays $134K in overtime back wages, damages and penalties to 52 workers after Labor Department investigation

Employer: Dinh Construction Corporation

Location: 2313 Hall Ave., Riverside, California