MEMPHIS, TN – The operator of a Memphis Schlotzsky’s restaurant endangered minor-aged workers, the U.S. Department of Labor found after an investigation into a 16-year-old worker’s thumb injury.

LAS VEGAS – A recent federal investigation has found that a Reno landscaping company – that employs workers exposed to the outdoors, including on summer days when temperatures can peak at 90 degrees – intentionally shortchanged 57 of its workers by denying them overtime wages they were owed.

LAS VEGAS - Una reciente investigación federal descubrió que una empresa de paisajismo de Reno (que emplea trabajadores expuestos al exterior, incluso en los días de verano en que la temperatura puede alcanzar los 90 grados) pagó de menos intencionalmente a 57 de sus trabajadores al negarles los salarios por horas extras que les debían.

ATLANTA – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has ordered the owner of a Stone Mountain insurance agency to pay $50,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to a worker terminated after inquiring about pay. 

GUAYNABO, PR – Un juez federal ha ordenado que dos restaurantes de San Juan y sus dueños paguen una suma de $31,630 a 19 trabajadores después de que los dueños retuvieran los salarios atrasados que aseguraron al Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. que pagarían a los empleados después de que una investigación descubriera que sus prácticas de pago infringían la ley federal.

SEATTLE – Una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. que descubrió las costosas fallas de un contratista de mano de obra agrícola a la hora de proteger a trabajadores del campo temporales y migrantes dio un giro inesperado cuando los investigadores descubrieron que el empleador había negado a 165 de estos trabajadores más de $80,000 en salarios por horas extra dedicadas a limpiar el popular Anfiteatro Gorge.

GUAYNABO, PR – A federal judge has ordered two San Juan restaurants and their owners to pay a total of $31,630 to 19 workers after the owners withheld back wages they assured the U.S. Department of Labor they would pay the employees after an investigation found their pay practices violated federal law.

SUCCASUNNA, NJ - Un tribunal federal ha aprobado una sentencia acordada que ordena que una empresa de paisajismo de Succasunna y su dueño paguen $400,000 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios después de que una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. descubriera que el empleador les negó a 32 de sus trabajadores el pago de horas extras que ganaron.

SEATTLE – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation that uncovered a farm labor contractor’s already costly failures to protect migrant and seasonal agricultural workers took an unexpected turn when investigators found the same employer had denied 165 farm laborers more than $80,000 in overtime wages for hours spent cleaning the popular Gorge Amphitheater.

SUCCASUNNA, NJ – A federal court has approved a consent judgment ordering a Succasunna landscaping company and its owner to pay $400,000 in back wages and damages after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer denied 32 of its workers the overtime pay they earned.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced new guidance published today by the department’s Wage and Hour Division on important limitations on the payment of subminimum wages under Section 511 of the Rehabilitation Act, which applies to certified employers otherwise authorized to pay subminimum wages to workers with disabilities under specific requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  

Employer:                    Riverstone Logistics LLC

Investigation site:       13860 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Charlotte, NC 28277

LAKE CITY, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $8,931 in back wages for two workers of a Lake City assisted living facility after its investigation found the employer denied paying them overtime wages they earned and illegally terminated one of the workers after they exercised their right to federally protected medical leave. 

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Las prácticas de pago de una cadena de pizzerías de Carolina del Norte negaron a 63 trabajadores sus salarios completos en tres sucursales en Clemmons, Greensboro y Winston-Salem. El empleador pagaba solo $1.19 por hora como salario en efectivo a los trabajadores, lo cual los obligaba a depender casi exclusivamente de las propinas para obtener ingresos, según descubrió una investigación federal.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – A North Carolina pizza chain’s pay practices denied full wages to 63 workers at three locations in Clemmons, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The employer paid as little as $1.19 per hour as a cash wage to workers, which forced them to rely almost entirely on tips for their income, a federal investigation has found.

ALLENTOWN, PA – A Wendy’s restaurant franchisee who endangered minor-aged workers and permitted them to work more hours than the law allows at five Pennsylvania locations has taken steps to correct those violations, and to ensure future compliance at all of the restaurants it operates in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

HARRISBURG, NC – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $106,613 in back wages and liquidated damages for 16 workers after finding a Harrisburg restaurant’s pay practices denied them federally required minimum wage and overtime pay.

PHOENIX – A federal investigation has recovered $348,380 in back wages and liquidated damages for 144 underpaid workers of an Arizona construction employer who failed to pay their overtime wages.

BIRMINGHAM, AL – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $31,757 for 93 workers of two Alabama senior residential facilities after its investigations found the employers denied the workers overtime wages.

CANTON, GA – A Canton tire retailer and auto shop shortchanged 19 workers by withholding first paychecks and paying overtime at rates lower than required, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has determined.