SIOUX FALLS, SD – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $279,070 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Sioux Falls buffet restaurant that paid kitchen workers a flat monthly salary and denied them overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek.

In the week ending December 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 211,000, a decrease of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 230,000 to 231,000. The 4-week moving average was 227,250, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 230,000 to 230,250.

THOMASVILLE, GA – Federal workplace safety and health inspectors continue to find workplace hazards, despite levies of more than $15 million in fines since 2017, at Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC facilities exposing their workers to unsafe conditions, this time at a Thomasville, Georgia, retail store.

Who:               U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association

What:             Workplace safety alliance

Participant:    Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC, Power, Montana

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $4 million award to support the International Labor Organization’s work to implement a technical assistance project in West Africa. The ILO will work with the government of Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States to catalyze regional, national and local action to address child labor in agriculture sectors and communities. 

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $59,049 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para 10 trabajadores cuyo empleador de un restaurante de Oklahoma ignoró las normas de horas extras y salario mínimo, retuvo ilegalmente una parte de las propias de los trabajadores y permitió que menores trabajaran más horas por semana de las permitidas y en horarios no permitidos por las leyes de trabajo infantil.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $59,049 in back wages and liquidated damages for 10 workers whose Oklahoma restaurant employer ignored overtime and minimum wage regulations, illegally kept a portion of workers’ tips and allowed minors to work more hours per week than permitted and at times not allowed by the federal child labor laws.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that enforcement and compliance actions by its Employee Benefits Security Administration recovered more than $1.4 billion for retirement, health and welfare benefits plans, participants and beneficiaries in fiscal year 2022.

Employer name:                    Universal HomeCare Service LLC                                             

Investigation site:                  213 Washington Ave.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of $614,437 to WorkForce West Virginia to enable the state to continue to provide temporary employment for cleanup and recovery services in nine counties affected by severe storms in 2021.

KEWAUNEE, WI – Federal safety inspectors have determined that a falling load from a below-the-hook magnet crushed the leg of an employee at a Kewaunee heavy fabrication manufacturing company on June 7, 2022.

RICHLAND, WA – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an early resolution conciliation agreement with an environmental cleanup provider alleged to have discriminated against 151 Hispanic applicants for contract employment at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site near Richland.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with five new partners that have agreed to support VETS’ Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot. With the additions, there are now 38 ENPP partners.  

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to the Solidarity Center to elevate women’s participation in the workplace, particularly those among underserved groups or populations in the West African nations of Liberia and Nigeria.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, the IRS, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Employer name:        Publix Super Markets Inc.

Investigation site:      3300 Publix Corp. Parkway, Lakeland, FL 33811

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today announced that Argentina, Canada, Germany, South Africa and Spain have joined the Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights initiative and that the effort has established a new action plan and that the U.S. has exceeded its 2021 pledge of support. The M-POWER initiative remains the largest U.S. government commitment to advance worker empowerment and support trade union rights in the global economy.

In the week ending December 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 230,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 225,000 to 226,000. The 4-week moving average was 230,000, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 228,750 to 229,000.

Employer name:                    Oak Texas Bar & Grill LLC

                                                        Oak Texas Bar LLC