Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Archived Northeast Region News Releases Before 2005
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2004
- December 21, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Taunton Rental Property Manager to Recover Overtime Back Wages for Employees. - December 16, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues “Big Dig” Subcontractor to Obtain Overtime Back Wages for Employees. - December 13, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Hudson Valley Restaurants and Owner to Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages for 83 Employees. - December 13, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Pittsburgh Transportation Company to Recover More Than $100,000 in Back Wages. - December 7, 2004
Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island Supermarkets Agree to Pay Employees Over $106,000 in Overtime Back Wages. - Tues. December 7, 2004
Edgewater, Md. Business Owner Found Guilty of Assaulting U.S. Labor Department Official. - December 6, 2004
"Big Dig” Subcontractor Agrees to Pay 15 Employees $116,500 in Back Wages in Federal Overtime Court Case. - November 18, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Chain of Long Island Caterers and Corporate Officers to Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages for 2,700 Employees - November 4, 2004
Nationwide Wholesale Grocery Distributor Agrees to Pay Employees Over $237,000 in Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation. - October 4, 2004
Labor Department Partnership Designed to Assist Workers in the Asian-American Community - September 20, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Schenectady, NY, Electrical Contractor To Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages for Twelve Employees - September 10, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Fines Hamburg, N.J. Firm $84,000 for Illegal Treatment of Foreign Workers - August 24, 2004
National Leisure Corp. Pays Employees Over $325,000 in Back Wages - August 17, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Three Yorktown Heights Employers To Recover Overtime Back Wages for 55 Employees - August 13, 2004
Labor Department Fines Hanover Company Nearly $70,000 For Illegally Employing Minors in Hazardous Work - August 12, 2004
TopMulch, Inc., Fined $22,000 for Illegally Employing Minor - August 04, 2004
Richmond Home Health Care Company Agrees To Pay Nearly $82,000 In Back Wages After Labor Department Investigation - August 3, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Provincetown Restaurant and Owner to Recover Overtime Back Wages for 12 Employees - August 3, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Two Yonkers Employers To Recover Overtime Back Wages for 181 Employees - August 3, 2004
Riverhead, NY, Employers Pay Employees $575,000 in Overtime Back Wages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit - July 23, 2004
Restaurant Chain Pays Nearly $120,000 in Back Wages To Workers Following Labor Department Investigation - July 22, 2004
Labor Department Sues Brooklyn Fruit and Vegetable Distributor To Recover Unpaid Wages for Workers - July 15, 2004
BJ's Wholesale Club Pays 233 Employees $320,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation - July 6, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Local Trucking Company To Recover More Than $70,000 in Back Wages - June 24, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Stratford Management Company to Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages - June 24, 2004
U.S. Labor Department, Paychex Team Up to Provide Employers with Information on Youth Employment - June 18, 2004
U.S. Department of Labor Fines Variety Farms Inc. Nearly $92,000 For Failing to Provide Adequate Housing for Migrant Workers - June 17, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Secures Nearly $200,000 in Unpaid Overtime for Employees of Trust Company Bank - June 15, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Pho Pasteur Restaurants and Owner to Recover Overtime Back Wages for 138 Employees - June 14, 2004
American Tower Corporation Pays 167 Employees Almost $290,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation - June 08, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Recovers over $63,000 in Back Wages and Benefits For Workers Following Newport Employer's Failure to Pay - June 7, 2004
UMass Memorial Medical Center Pays Nurses Over $614,000 In Overtime Back Wages Following Department of Labor Investigation - April 26, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - April 19, 2004
Nationwide Employer Agrees to Pay Employees Over $100,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation - April 11, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - April 07, 2004
Bronx Assisted Living Facility Agrees to Pay Employees over $75,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle Labor Department Lawsuit - March 29, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Sues Home Health Care Companies To Recover Nearly $100,000 In Back Wages - March 22, 2004
A and P Agrees to Correct Violations of Youth Employment Laws and to Pay Penalties Totaling over $240,000 - March 17, 2004
U.S. Department of Labor and University of Pennsylvania Health System Reach Wage Agreement - March 16, 2004
U.S. Labor Dept. Recovers Nearly $100,000 in Back Wages for Low-Wage Supermarket Workers - March 11, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Will Hold Seminar To Encourage Local Employer Compliance To Federal Labor Laws - March 09, 2004
Anna's Taqueria Restaurants to Pay Employees Nearly $207,000 in Back Wages Following Labor Department Investigation - March 1, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Wins Over $236,000 for Low-Wage Long Island Workers in Court Victory - January 20, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Recovers Overtime Back Pay For New Jersey Nurses - January 05, 2004
U.S. Labor Department Files Second Suit Against Journal Register Company for Failing to Pay Employees Minimum Wage and Overtime
2003
- December 17, 2003
U.S. Department of Labor Settles Lawsuits; New York City Garment Workers to Receive $410,000 in Back Wages - December 15, 2003
Major League Baseball Cap Manufacturer Agrees to Pay Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation - December 2, 2003
Labor Department Launches Operation COACH in Northern New Jersey - November 04, 2003
Zappala Farms Agrees to Pay Penalty to U.S. Labor Department to Resolve Migrant Farm Workers Fatality Case - November 4, 2003
New Jersey Wholesale Florist Fined After Fatal Accident Involving Migrant Farmworkers - November 3, 2003
Local Security Company And Owner Barred From Federal Contracts For Three Years - October 27, 2003
Springfield, Mass.-Area Dunkin Donut Shop Chains Agree to Employ Youth in Compliance, Pay Over $100,000 in Penalties to Resolve U.S. Labor Dept. Lawsuit - October 21, 2003
Ithaca Nursing Home Agrees to Pay Employees Over $59,000 in Back Wages, Interest and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit - September 10, 2003
Hyde Park, Mass., Rest Home Sued by U.S. Labor Department for Federal Overtime Law Violations - August 12, 2003
U.S. Labor Department Sues S3 LTD For Breach of Service Contract; Nearly $2 Million Sought For Unpaid Fringe Benefits - August 12, 2003
Lindenhurst, New York, Rest Home Operator Agrees to Pay Employees $50,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit - August 12, 2003
U.S. Labor Department Sues Rhode Island Restaurant Chain For Violating Federal Overtime and Youth Employment Laws - July 07, 2003
Provincetown, Mass., Employers Agree to Pay 69 Employees Over $65,000 in Back Wages Following U.S. Department of Labor Investigation - July 07, 2003
Huntington Station Garbage Hauling Companies Complete Payment of $950,000 in Overtime Back Wages, Penalties and Interest for Federal Wage and Hour Law Violations - June 26, 2003
New Bedford, Mass., Restaurant Agrees to Pay $130,000 in Back Wages and Penalties - June 17, 2003
Federal Appeals Court Orders Back Wages for Low-Wage Long Island Workers; U.S. Labor Department Wins Over $236,000 for Employees of Vidtape, Inc. - May 21, 2003
Labor Department Reminds Employers, Teen Workers And Parents About "YouthRules!" - April 17, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (NJ Rally) - April 17, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (PA Rally) - April 17, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - Apr. 26 Declared YouthRules! Day in Philadelphia - April 17, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (NJ Rally) - April 17, 2003
Burlington, Mass., Restaurant Chain Ordered to Pay Employees Over $43,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Dept. Lawsuit - April 7, 2003
U.S. Department of Labor Sues Bronx Assisted Living Health Care Facility for Willful Overtime Wage Violations - April 17, 2003
Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (PA Rally) - March 19, 2003
Richmond Day Care Centers Ordered To Pay Overtime - February 10, 2003
Labor Department Issues Penalties To Farmer For Deplorable Living Conditions For Migrant Workers - February 5, 2003
U.S. Labor Department Fines Plainview, N.Y. Placement Firm $120,000 for Illegal Treatment of Foreign Teachers Teachers Placement Group also owes over $187,000 in back wages - January 24, 2003
U.S. Labor Department Sues New Bedford, Mass., Restaurant for Child Labor and Overtime Law Violations - January 14, 2003
Lockport, New York, Employer Fined Over $24,000 for Federal Child Labor Violations - January 7, 2003
U.S. Labor Department Fines Wrightstown, NJ Farmer and Farm Labor Contractor Who Employed Migrant Workers Killed In Tragic Burlington County Accident
2002
- December 30, 2002
U.S. Labor Department Fines Farm Labor Contractor Who Employed Migrant Forestry Workers Killed in Tragic Maine Accident - December 30, 2002
U.S. Labor Secretary Applauds Improved Child Labor Compliance at Malls in New York's Hudson Valley Region - November 27, 2002
U.S. Labor Dept. Recovers $220,000 in Back Wages for Low Wage Produce Workers in Connecticut and New York - September 3, 2002
"One-Stop Shopping" Opportunity about Workplace Laws for the North Shore's Small Business Owners -- Salem, Mass. -- Sept. 24 - August 5, 2002
PriceRite Supermarket Chain Fined Nearly $160,000 for Alleged Child Labor Violations at 12 Stores in 4 States - July 30, 2002
U.S. Labor Department Sues Brooklyn Garment Manufacturers in Overtime Wage Case Related to Danmar Finishing Corp. Back Wage Case - July 25, 2002
New Haven, W.Va. Manufacturer Pays More Than $170,000 in Back Wages After U.S. Labor Department Legal Actions - July 22, 2002
Bayamon, Puerto Rico Employer to Pay $77,000 to 185 Workers for Minimum Wage, Overtime and Recordkeeping Violations - July 5, 2002
Block Island Ferry Ordered to Pay $160,000 to 114 Employees for Overtime and Recordkeeping Violations - July 03, 2002
U.S. Labor Dept. Files Suit to Recover Back Wages for Low Wage Produce Workers in Connecticut and New York - May 06, 2002
Greenville, Rhode Island Nursing Home Sued by U.S. Labor Department to Recover Overtime Wages for 182 Workers - May 2, 2002
Eastern Associated Coal Corporation Agrees To Rehire Miner And Comply with the Family And Medical Leave Act - April 23, 2002
Williamsville, New York, Employers Ordered to Pay Employees More Than $111,000 in Overtime and Interest - April 23, 2002
Somerville, Mass., Contractor Agrees to Pay $60,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following Legal Action by U.S. Department of Labor - April 16, 2002
Journal Register Company East Newspapers in Connecticut and Rhode Island Agree to Pay Employees Nearly $90,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following Legal Actions by U.S. Department of Labor - April 09, 2002
West Babylon/Farmingdale, N.Y. Employers Ordered to Pay Workers Nearly $240,000 in Back Wages and Damages - April 9, 2002
Verona, N.J. Maintenance Company Agrees to Pay Workers Nearly $174,000 in Back Wages for Federal Labor Law Violations - March 15, 2002
Worcester, Mass. Construction Company Pays $90,000 in Back Wages and Penalties for Federal Wage and Hour Law Violations
2001
- BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EMPLOYER WILL PAY BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE AND HOUR VIOLATIONS [03/14/01]
2000
- $102,000 IN BACK WAGES COLLECTED FOR WORKERS IN MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES [11/21/00]
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