Nombre del empleador:            Allandale Lawn & Landscape Inc.

 Sitio de investigación:              2507 Twin Oaks Drive

Employers’ names:   Konstantine Menegatos, Dairy Queen franchisee operating four New Jersey locations:

Bubbles and Cream LLC, 234 Park Ave., Rutherford

Shakes and Cakes LLC West Milford, 259 Marshall Hill Road, West Milford

Sprinkles and Cones LLC, 13 Kinderkamack Road, Emerson

Summer Beach Inc., 827 12th Ave., Belmar

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Employers:                            Garibaldi Restaurant LLC, operating as Garibaldi Mexican Restaurant

BOSTON – The U.S.

Employer name:                 Rio Bravo Restaurant Inc., operating as Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant

 Investigation site:           2905 West Chapel Extension

                                                    Dallas, TX 75220

Nombre del empleador:          Rio Bravo Restaurant Inc., operando como Los Balones Sports Bar & Restaurant

 Sitio de investigación:           2905 West Chapel Extension

WILLIAMSBURG, VA – El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. ha obtenido una sentencia por juicio de consentimiento en un tribunal federal de Virginia para cobrar $205,180 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios de un restaurante de Williamsburg que no quiso pagar las horas extras a 62 empleados.

BOSTON – A county jail in Madison, Maine, has paid $133,273 in overtime back wages due to 142 correctional officers to resolve violations of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) following an investigation by the U.S.

COLLEGEVILLE, PA – Un restaurante de Collegeville y sus propietarios deben pagar US$268,660 por salarios atrasados, daños y perjuicios y daños punitivos para satisfacer una sentencia de consentimiento obtenida por el Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. después de una investigación sobre las prácticas salariales ilegales de los empleadores.

Employer name:                               Kingsbury Companies LLC

Investigation site:                 58 Center Road, Middlesex, VT 05602 

PHOENIX – Un tribunal federal ha ordenado a una empresa de lavandería y tintorería industrial de Phoenix pagar un total de $281,870 después de que el Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. descubriera que el empleador demandó que trabajadores devolvieran dinero luego que el departamento recuperara más de $94,135 en salarios no pagados por horas extras para 70 trabajadores en 2020. 

PITTSBURGH – A federal court is requiring a Pittsburgh staffing agency and its owner to pay $208,044 in back wages and liquidated damages to 96 home health workers misclassified as independent contractors by the employer who, in turn, failed to pay them their full wages.

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LOS ANGELES – El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU.

COLLEGEVILLE, PA – A Collegeville restaurant and its owners must pay $268,660 in back wages, liquidated damages and punitive damages to satisfy a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation into the employers’ illegal pay practices.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the implementation of a final rule that modernizes Davis-Bacon Act and Davis-Bacon and Related Acts regulations to reflect the needs of construction workers on federally funded projects better.

LOUISVILLE, KY – Less than six months after an investigation found three Kentucky fast-food franchisees employing more than 300 children outside of federally allowed hours, the U.S. Department of Labor has discovered another Louisville restaurant enterprise violating federal child labor laws, this time with 55 children at nine locations across the state.

LOS ANGELES – The U.S.

HOUSTON, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Allied Universal, one of the world’s largest security and facility services providers, to resolve alleged systemic race-based hiring discrimination at a Houston facility operated by one of its subsidiaries. 

SEATTLE – A federal investigation into employees working off-the-clock during meal breaks by one of the world’s largest security and facility services providers led to the recovery of nearly $1.1 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 778 employees and a nationwide enhanced agreement to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions.