April 4, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $289K in back wages, damages, penalties after investigation found Maryland employers denied workers overtime wages

Employer names:     

Stark Truss Baltimore LLC, 1200 E. Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21225

Jordi Construction LLC, 6706 Coolridge Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748

April 3, 2023

Pesos por dólares: Departamento de Trabajo recupera $465,000 en salarios atrasados, daños y perjuicios de un fabricante de Carlsbad que pagaba de menos a trabajadores mexicanos

CARLSBAD, CA - Una investigación federal ha recuperado $465,993 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para 44 empleados de un fabricante de moldeado médico por inyección de California que les negaba los salarios que ganaban legalmente, incluidas las horas extras, clasificando a muchos aprendices de forma incorrecta.

April 3, 2023

1st Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies law governing administrative exemption consistent with US Department of Labor

Date of action:                       March 22, 2023

Type of action:                      Order

Names of defendants:         Unitil Service Corp.

April 3, 2023

US Department of Labor alleges Palm Beach medical transportation company misclassified employees as independent contractors, denied them overtime pay

Date of action:                       March 31, 2023

Type of action:                      Complaint

Names of defendant:         Medi-Wheels of the Palm Beaches Inc.

April 3, 2023

US Department of Labor to host online forum for employers, contractors, workers, other stakeholders on workplace compliance, other issues

WHO:             U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division

WHAT:          2023 Department of Labor Forum–Partnering to Build Sustainable Compliance

WHEN:          May 2 and 3, 2023

                        9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT

WHERE:       Online event

April 3, 2023

US Labor Department recovers $23K in back wages, damages for 34 employees denied overtime pay by private sporting club in Greenbrier County

Employer name: The Greenbrier Sporting Club Inc.

Investigation site: One Sporting Club Drive, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986

March 30, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $50K for North, South Carolina gas station workers, assesses $16K penalty for repeated violations

Employer:                              Shaun Sej Inc., operating as:

                                                    Buford Express, 4433 Pageland Highway, Lancaster, SC 29720

                                                    Catawba, 5955 Highway 5, Catawba, SC 29704

                                                    Knights, 1356 Flat Creek Road, Lancaster, SC 29720

March 29, 2023

US Department of Labor cites Titusville plastic pipe maker for child labor, overtime violations, recovers $10K in back wages, damages for 60 workers

TITUSVILLE, PA A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into how a 17-year-old worker suffered a minor injury at a Titusville plastic pipe manufacturer found the employer allowed the youth to illegally operate a forklift, a hazardous occupation under federal child labor law.

March 29, 2023

Heightened US Department of Labor enforcement effort finds 4 Utah soda, dessert shops employed 19 minors in violation of federal child labor laws

SALT LAKE CITY – The operators of a growing chain of specialty beverage and dessert shops founded in Utah employed 19 young teens for more hours and times than federal law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.

March 28, 2023

US Department of Labor finds Salt Lake City restaurant supply company illegally employed 22 minor-aged workers beyond hours allowed

SALT LAKE CITY – A federal investigation has found a Salt Lake City restaurant supply company allowed 22 employees – ages 14 and 15 – to work as many as 46 hours per workweek, and to begin work after midnight – both illegal practices under child labor laws. 

March 28, 2023

Court enters consent order requiring restaurants to pay $911K in back wages, damages to 99 underpaid workers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire

CONCORD, NH – A federal court has entered a consent order requiring the Concord-based owner and operator of three restaurants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to pay $911,568 in back wages and liquidated damages to 99 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into their pay practices.

March 28, 2023

Un tribunal aprueba un fallo por consentimiento que obliga a unos restaurantes a pagar $911,000 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios a 99 trabajadores mal pagos en Massachusetts y Nuevo Hampshire

CONCORD, NH - Un tribunal federal ha aprobado un fallo por consentimiento que obliga al propietario y operador de tres restaurantes en Nuevo Hampshire y Massachusetts, con sede principal en Concord, Nuevo Hampshire a pagar $911,568 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios a 99 empleados tras una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. sobre sus prácticas de pago.

March 27, 2023

Department of Labor obtains consent order, US Virgin Islands supermarket chain must pay $240K in back wages, damages to 33 underpaid workers

ST. THOMAS, VI – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that requires four U.S. Virgin Islands supermarkets, and their owner and former operations manager to pay 33 workers – including janitors, security guards and stock people – $240,000 in back wages and liquidated damages after an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer denied them overtime wages.

March 27, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $259K from South Carolina manufacturer who denied 939 workers legally earned overtime

Employers:    

Jadex Inc., 1303 S. Batesville Road, Greer, SC 29650

Alltrista Plastics LLC, 1303 S. Batesville Road, Greer, SC 29650     

 ArtaZn LLC, 2500 Old Stage Road, Tusculum, TN 37745

LifeMade Products LLC, 1303 S. Batesville Road, Greer, SC 29650

Shakespeare Co. LLC, 6111 Shakespeare Road, Columbia, SC 29223                                 

March 27, 2023

US Department of Labor recovers $67K for employee illegally terminated for exercising rights to bond with newborn child, care for spouse

COVINGTON, GA – A Covington distribution center turned an employee and their family’s joyous celebration of life and a chance to bond with their newborn into a nightmare by illegally terminating the worker for exercising their rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, an investigation has found.

March 27, 2023

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OBTAINS CONSENT ORDER, US VIRGIN ISLANDS SUPERMARKET CHAIN MUST PAY $240K IN BACK WAGES, DAMAGES TO 33 UNDERPAID WORKERS

ST. THOMAS, VI - El Departamento de Trabajo ha obtenido una sentencia por consentimiento que requiere que cuatro supermercados de las Islas Vírgenes de EE. UU. y su propietario y ex administrador paguen a 33 trabajadores (incluidos los conserjes, guardias de seguridad y personal de reposición) $240,000 en salarios atrasados más daños y perjuicios después de que una investigación de la División de Horas y Salarios del departamento descubriera que el empleador les negaba los salarios por horas extras.

March 23, 2023

Federal court order aids Department of Labor recovery of $265K in back wages for 182 employees of Milford drywall contractor

Date of Action:          March 13, 2023

Type of Action:         Fair Labor Standards Act consent order and judgment

Company/Owners:    GEM Interiors Inc., Milford, Ohio

March 23, 2023

Pesos on the dollar: US Department of Labor recovers $465K in back wages, damages from Carlsbad manufacturer who underpaid Mexican workers

CARLSBAD, CA – A federal investigation has recovered $465,993 in back wages and liquidated damages for 44 employees of a California medical injection molding manufacturer who denied them their legally earned wages, including overtime, by incorrectly classifying many as trainees.

March 23, 2023

US Department of Labor finds Hidalgo County wrongly denied full bonuses to workers who used legally protected Family and Medical Leave

Employer name:                   Hidalgo County

Investigation site:                Hidalgo County Head Start Program

                                                       1901 W. State Hwy 107

                                                        Edinburg, TX 78504