July 5, 2017

Fresno-area restaurant reaches agreement with US Labor Department to pay $100K in overtime back wages, damages to workers

Employer: Colima’s Carniceria y Taqueria

Site: 611 Tulare St., Parlier, California

June 27, 2017

US Department of Labor reinstates Wage and Hour opinion letters

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor will reinstate the issuance of opinion letters, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced today. The action allows the department’s Wage and Hour Division to use opinion letters as one of its methods for providing guidance to covered employers and employees.

June 27, 2017

US Labor Department sends Request for Information on overtime rule to Office of Management and Budget

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has sent a Request for Information related to the overtime rule to the Office of Management and Budget for its review. When published, the RFI offers the opportunity for the public to comment.

June 26, 2017

Luxury inn on Lummi Island reaches settlement with US Labor Department to pay workers $149K in back pay for overtime, minimum wage violations

Employer: Freshore Hospitality, LLC doing business as Willows Inn on Lummi Island

Site: 2579 West Shore Drive, Lummi Island, Washington

June 26, 2017

Boise manufacturer reaches agreement with US Labor Department on FLSA violations; agrees to pay $717K in back wages, damages

Employers: Forge Building Company, LLC

Site: 2619 West Lampert Drive, Boise, Idaho

June 22, 2017

NYC parking garage operator modifies payroll practices in agreement reached with US Department of Labor

NEW YORK – A company that operates 138 parking garages in New York City and surrounding areas has paid $296,836 in back wages for 1,164 employees and amended its payroll practices to align with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor.

June 20, 2017

Reading Terminal businesses, US Department of Labor reach agreement on back wages for 140 current and former workers

PHILADELPHIA – The owners of two establishments – a produce market and a restaurant – at Reading Terminal Market have entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor that requires the payment of $660,117 in back wages and liquidated damages to 140 present and past workers to resolve violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

June 20, 2017

San Francisco software service company enters compliance agreement affecting 743 workers in Arizona, California

Employer: Zenefits FTW Insurance Services

Site: 303 2nd St. San Francisco, California
Two closed offices in Tempe and Scottsdale, Arizona

June 19, 2017

Minnesota-based title agency, corporate officers to pay more than $107K in unpaid wages, benefits to 10 employees on HUD project

WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. – Ten workers at a Minnesota title company will receive $107,893 in back wages and unpaid fringe benefits after the title insurance company that employed them was found in violation of the Service Contract Act during an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The employees worked on real estate closings on a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

June 8, 2017

US Labor Department conducting wage survey of residential construction projects to ensure Pennsylvania workers receive proper wages

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a residential construction survey in 25 eastern Pennsylvania counties to collect data on wages paid to workers to help establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

June 7, 2017

Pennsylvania landscaping company failed to recruit, hire US workers

DAWSON, Pa. – A Southwestern Pennsylvania farm and landscaping company has paid nearly $22,000 in back wages and penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found the operator failed to recruit and hire U.S. workers before hiring workers under the H-2A visa program, in violation of section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

June 6, 2017

US Department of Labor obtains historic preliminary injunction regarding entities accused of providing dangerous substandard living conditions to workers

SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time in its history, the U.S. Department of Labor has successfully obtained a preliminary injunction order under the H-2A visa program against entities accused of providing illegal and life-threatening living conditions to its employees. G Farms, its owner, and three other defendants are accused of providing the dangerous and substandard housing to agricultural workers in El Mirage, Arizona.

May 30, 2017

Mail delivery contractor debarred from bidding on federal contracts

ANDOVER, N.J. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges approved a consent finding and order to resolve a complaint filed against a New Jersey-based mail delivery contractor and others for failing to pay legally required wages and benefits to employees. Under the order, the company agreed to pay $245,000 in back wages. The department is now distributing the wages to the affected workers.

May 30, 2017

North Carolina poultry company, US Labor Department agree on back wages

BALTIMORE – A North Carolina company that rounds up live chickens for poultry processors has paid nearly $600,000 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 838 workers as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor.

May 25, 2017

Salt Lake City construction company ordered to pay back wages

Date of Action: May 8, 2017

Type of Action: U.S. District Court decision

Name of Defendants: Foreclosure Connection, Inc.
Jason Williams, owner

May 3, 2017

New York City construction company, US Labor Department reach agreement on back wages owed to workers

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court requiring a New York City design and construction company and its owners to pay $726,989 in back wages and liquidated damages to 184 employees and take other corrective actions to resolve past overtime and recordkeeping violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

May 2, 2017

US Labor Department conducting survey of Vermont construction projects to help ensure accurate reflection of wage rates

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a construction survey in Vermont to collect data on wages paid to workers to help establish prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

May 2, 2017

US Labor Department urges residential construction companies in Oklahoma to complete prevailing wage survey

OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting a survey of residential construction projects in metropolitan Oklahoma counties to help establish prevailing wage rates as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

The division is collecting data on wages paid to workers on all residential construction projects statewide from Oct. 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2017. The survey is not limited to federally funded projects.

April 18, 2017

Court orders nationwide staffing company CEO to pay $135K in back wages, damages to former live-in domestic worker

SAN DIEGO – The CEO of a leading U.S. staffing company will pay a former live-in domestic service worker $135,000 in back wages and damages under the terms of a consent judgment entered into the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

April 13, 2017

Bay State fish processors agree to consent judgment, pay employees damages

BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a consent judgment in federal court ordering two Gloucester-based fish processors – Zeus Packing Inc. and Cape Ann Seafood Exchange Inc. – and the companies’ owner Kristian Kristensen to pay over $200,000 in liquidated damages to more than 100 employees to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.