U.S. Department of Labor: Employment Standards Administration (ESA) News Releases

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ESA News Releases

ESA News Release: Tyson Foods found in violation of Fair Labor Standards Act - 09-1232-ATL - [11/05/2009]

ESA News Release: Employers jailed for failing to comply with court order to pay back wages to Southland cleaning service workers - 09-1092-SAN - [11/04/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department recovers more than $1.4 million in back wages for 237 contract employees of USCIS Vermont Service Center - 09-1243-BOS - [10/08/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department notifies former Standard Oil Development Co. employees in New Jersey of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-1199-BOS - [10/02/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department recovers more than $1.5 million in back wages for 272 contract employees of USCIS Vermont Service Center - 09-1205-BOS - [09/30/2009]

ESA News Release: Gerber Products Co. in Fort Smith, Ark., agrees to pay $900,000 to minorities and females for hiring discrimination - 09-0969-DAL - [08/18/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor uncovers child labor and migrant and seasonal farm labor violations on Bladen and Craven counties, N.C., blueberry farms - 09-0847-ATL - [08/10/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department reaches $5 billion in benefits paid and 8th anniversary of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act - 09-0863-NAT - [07/27/2009]

ESA News Release: QuikTrip agrees to pay nearly $750,000 in back pay to 3,819 workers in 9 states - 09-0809-DAL - [07/27/2009]

ESA News Release: Partners HealthCare Systems agrees to pay 700 employees more than $2.7 million in overtime back wages to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit - 09-0438-BOS - [07/23/2009]

ESA News Release: Federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 on July 24 - 09-0821-NAT - [07/16/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies former employees of Tyson Valley Powder Farm near Eureka, Mo., of new special exposure cohort designation - 09-0803-NAT - [07/10/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies former employees of Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant in Pennsylvania of special exposure cohort designation - 09-0802-NAT - [07/10/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies former employees of Hood Building in Cambridge, Mass., of new special exposure cohort designation - 09-0801-NAT - [07/10/2009]

ESA News Release: New York City area car washes agree to pay employees $3.4 million in back wages and damages to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit - 09-0528-NEW - [06/30/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department pays $500 million to Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act - 09-0562-NAT - [05/26/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department reaches $1 billion paid to Tennessee residents under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act - 09-0554-NAT - [05/26/2009]

ESA News Release: Minimum wage increases 50 cents per hour in American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - 09-0579-SAN - [05/22/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor pays $400 million in benefits to Colorado residents under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act - 09-0496-NAT - [05/11/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department assesses Atlanta-based Demon Demo Inc. maximum child labor penalty following death of teen at demolition site - 09-0357-ATL - [05/05/2009]

ESA News Release: Southland cleaning service ordered to pay daily fines, post-judgment interest on nearly $3.5 million in back wages - 09-0351-SAN - [04/16/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department recovers more than $1.6 million in overtime back wages for 1,751 employees in 17 states from Houston-based IFCO Systems - 09-0154-DAL - [04/07/2009]

ESA News Release: Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on GAO investigation regarding past Wage and Hour Division enforcement - 09-0324-NAT - [03/25/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Vitro Manufacturing Employees of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-0199-NAT - [03/05/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Metallurgical Laboratory workers of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-0201-NAT - [03/03/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. workers of new Special Exposure Cohort designation - 09-0200-NAT - [02/26/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor notifies Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory employees of new Special Exposure Cohort Designation - 09-0113-NAT - [02/05/2009]

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor pays $100 million in benefits to Florida residents under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act - 09-0112-NAT - [02/04/2009]