November 15, 2024

Department of Labor recovers $56K in back wages, damages from logistics provider that miscalculated 234 workers’ overtime in Indiana, Michigan

Employer:      Liberty Hill Equity Partners LLC 

                              559 Liberty Hill

                              Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Locations:      Precision Vehicle Holdings LLC

November 15, 2024

Historic foundry faces nearly $1M in penalties after Department of Labor finds dozens of violations endangering workers in Syracuse

NEW YORK ­­– Federal inspectors have found a Syracuse iron foundry, operating for more than 150 years, continued its pattern of violating federal regulations. The foundry has been cited for more than two dozen willful, repeat, serious and other violations.

Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Frazer & Jones LLC in October 2024 for exposing employees to the risks of fire and explosion, thermal and chemical burns, falls, and other hazards.

November 14, 2024

Department of Labor recovers $14K in back wages from Little Rock hospital for employee illegally fired while on family medical leave

Employer:                    Methodist Family Health

Investigation site:   600 Aldersgate Road, Suite 200   

                                          Little Rock, AR 72205

November 14, 2024

US Department of Labor hosts online panel conversation for employers, workers on federal rights, protections for Southeast’s care industries

ATLANTA  Working more than 40 hours a week, a woman providing care to people with disabilities in Augusta thought her employer should be paying her overtime wages. In time, she found the courage to contact the U.S. Department of Labor and soon learned her hunch was worth $11,000 in back wages.

November 14, 2024

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending November 9, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 217,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 221,000. The 4-week moving average was 221,000, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 227,250.

November 13, 2024

El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. demanda a un operador de National Maintenance Solutions que les negó sus sueldos a los trabajadores e intentó deportar a los empleados que se quejaron

ALBANY, NY - El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. presentó una demanda para recuperar sueldos atrasados, daños y perjuicios, daños punitivos y medidas cautelares contra un contratista de la construcción de Tonawanda que supuestamente pagaba mal a sus empleados e intentaba deportar a los empleados que se quejaban llamando a las autoridades federales de inmigración.

November 13, 2024

US Departments of Labor, Commerce release skills-first hiring guide to help employers hire, promote workers based on skill, knowledge

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today published a guide designed to educate employers about the benefits of using skills-first hiring practices and encourage them to use those practices to build a better, more qualified workforce.

November 13, 2024

US Department of Labor sues National Maintenance Solutions, operator who denied workers wages, attempted to deport employees who complained

ALBANY, NY – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit to recover back wages, liquidated damages, punitive damages and injunctive relief from a Tonawanda construction contractor that allegedly underpaid employees and tried to have employees who complained deported by calling federal immigration authorities.

November 12, 2024

Department of Labor investigation finds window cleaning company employed children to complete dangerous tasks; required to pay $29K in penalties

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Grand Rapids window cleaning company must pay $29,210 in civil money penalties for employing three children to complete dangerous tasks while cleaning residential windows and gutters and installing Christmas lights, including one that suffered serious injuries requiring surgery when they fell from a roof.

November 12, 2024

Iron River pizza restaurant agrees to pay $99K in penalties for employing children to operate hot oven, meat grinder; work beyond allowed hours

IRON RIVER, WI – Diners at an Iron River pizza restaurant will soon see teenage workers wearing different colored shirts or name tags; not as part of a marketing promotion but to help managers quickly remember the ages of young employees to avoid assigning them to dangerous duties or employing them to work longer or later than federal child labor laws permit.

November 12, 2024

Department of Labor recovers $863K in wages, damages from 4 California residential care providers that shortchanged minimum, overtime wages

SACRAMENTO, CA – More than 700,000 people work to provide essential home health or personal care to older adults, people with disabilities or special needs in California and, despite their dedication to others’ needs, federal investigators find too many industry employers deceptively denying these hard-working people their full and ri

November 12, 2024

Court enters consent order requiring New Hampshire landscaper to pay employees $310K in wages, liquidated damages

MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor, following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division and the filing of a consent order in federal court by the department’s Office of the Solicitor, has recovered a total of $310,193 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Bedford landscaper and contractor who underpaid 60 employees. 

November 12, 2024

US Department of Labor, Travis County DA’s office renew  partnership to expand, improve protection of workers’ wages

Participant:   Travis County District Attorney’s Office

Address:         416 West 11th St.

Austin, TX 78701

Description: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division renewed a memorandum of understanding with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office to expand and improve the protection of the county’s workforce, enforcement of wage laws and level the playing field for responsible employers. 

November 8, 2024

Statement by Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety, Health on occupational injuries, illnesses in 2023

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Douglas Parker issued the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2023 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses:

November 8, 2024

US Department of Labor, Office of the Trade Representative seek review of alleged denial of labor rights at glass facility in Matamoros, Mexico

WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested that the government of Mexico review an alleged denial of workers’ at Vidrio Decorativo Occidental, a manufacturer of decorative glass in Matamoros, Mexico.

The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Trade Representative co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee.

November 8, 2024

US Department of Labor complaint alleges Indianapolis home care companies’ operator again violated federal wage laws, withheld $86K in wages

INDIANAPOLIS – In 2018, federal investigators cited then owner Hahn March for not paying overtime wages to employees at Aging and Disabled Home Healthcare in Indiana. March again finds herself under scrutiny for allegedly using improper pay practices at two Indianapolis home healthcare companies she owns, Signal Health Group Inc. and SHG Employee Leasing Company. 

November 7, 2024

US Department of Labor announces guidance, relief for employee benefit plans, participants, beneficiaries affected by hurricanes Helene, Milton

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance and provided relief for participants and beneficiaries and employee benefit plans affected by Hurricane Helene and by Hurricane Milton.

November 7, 2024

Federal court orders Pennsylvania home healthcare agency to pay $810K in back wages, damages to 196 workers denied minimum wage, overtime

WYNCOTE, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring a Wyncote home healthcare agency and its owner, Dominique Conner, to pay 196 direct care employees a total of $810,320 in back wages and liquidated damages for routinely not paying workers overtime rates and willfully violating federal law.