INDIANAPOLIS – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $603,953 in back wages for 829 workers after an investigation found an Indianapolis-area vehicle parts manufacturer failed to properly calculate overtime wages.

VOORHEES, NJ – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and final order in federal district court requiring a New Jersey drywall installer to pay $725,000 in back wages, damages, and civil money penalties after denying 48 workers overtime pay.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced the issuance of a new field assistance bulletin addressing the treatment of related duties performed by tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Field Assistance Bulletin No.

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring a home appliance company to pay $800,000 in back wages and damages to 339 employees after an investigation found the company violated federal wage laws.

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Department of Labor debarred a Calcasieu Parish farmer from participating in the H-2A visa program for one year, after an investigation discovered multiple violations under the H-2A program.

MIAMI – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $732,976 for 31 Florida restaurant workers from a Pompano Beach seafood restaurant owner who failed to pay the workers their full wages.

COLUMBIA, SC – A South Carolina restaurant group has paid $618,666 in back wages to 779 employees and an additional $100,000 in civil money penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found child labor and wage violations across 13 restaurant locations.

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $101,125 in back wages from three Baton Rouge area Japanese restaurants after a federal investigation found federal minimum wage and overtime violations.  

NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained an enhanced compliance agreement from a Captain D’s restaurant franchisee to ensure future compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s child labor provisions after an investigation of its Cleveland, Tennessee location found child labor violations.

ATLANTA – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $113,199 in back wages after an investigation found a Richmond Hill urgent care facility failed to pay its workers for hours worked and retaliated against a worker for questioning its pay practices.

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered thousands in back wages and assessed penalties after a federal investigation revealed child labor, minimum wage, and overtime violations by the operators of three La Panaderia Bakery & Café locations in San Antonio.

DETROIT – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring the owner of four Leo’s Coney Island franchises in Clarkston, Dearborn, Livonia, and Sterling Heights to pay more than $500,000 in owed overtime wages and damages to 143 employees. 

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $613,037 in back wages for 46 workers after a federal investigation found a Minnesota restaurant failed to pay minimum and overtime wages as required by law. 

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today issued two opinion letters addressing how the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to the commuter travel of employees who work part of their workday at home. 

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $500,256 in back wages for six deli workers who were not paid the local minimum wage for regular hours or overtime premiums for hours worked over 40 per workweek.  

WEST VIRGINIA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is asking the highway construction industry of West Virginia to participate in a survey to help the agency establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts, for the payment of construction workers on federally funded and federally assisted construction projects.

FRANKLIN, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $1,730,598 in back wages for 1,666 workers after an investigation found that a multi-trade contractor failed to pay them their full wages, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.   

PORTLAND, ME – A federal court has entered a consent order requiring three sports bars to pay $51,775 in back wages to 47 employees, and $31,436 in civil money penalties, resolving the U.S. Department of Labor’s case alleging the employers violated federal wage and child labor law.

SPOKANE, WA – The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a federal consent judgment requiring four Washington-based restaurants to pay $750,000 in back wages and damages to 42 workers after an investigation uncovered minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today issued four opinion letters designed to promote clarity, consistency, and transparency in the application of federal wage and hour standards under the Fair Labor Standards Act.