Employer name:             Turf Paradise Inc.

Investigation site:           41 3rd Ave. 

                                                  Longmont, CO 80501 

Employers:    Lasting Love Homecare LLC

                             1906 E. Broadway Ave.

                              Bismarck, ND

Date of action:           July 18, 2024

Type of action:          Administrative Review Board decision, order

Employer names:      Shalimar Distributors LLC, operating as Promised Land Truck Stop

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – As Michigan’s harvest season swings into high gear, the U.S. Department of Labor wants to remind employers of their responsibilities and seasonal workers of their rights under federal law. 

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GREENVILLE, TN – El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. obtuvo una sentencia de consentimiento en un tribunal federal de Tennessee que exige que una agencia de personal de Kingsport deje de emplear niños ilegalmente y les prohíbe futuras infracciones a las leyes federales sobre trabajo infantil.

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GREENVILLE, TN – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in a Tennessee federal court that requires a Kingsport staffing agency to stop employing children illegally and forbids them from future violations of federal child labor laws.

SAN DIEGO – El Departamento de Trabajo de Estados Unidos obtuvo un requerimiento judicial preliminar y una orden judicial que prohíbe a una empresa de logística de Calexico amenazar o tomar represalias contra sus trabajadores e interferir aún más con una investigación federal en curso. 

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a preliminary injunction and court order forbidding a Calexico logistics company from threatening or retaliating against its workers and further interfering with an ongoing federal investigation. 

Date of action:           June 28, 2024

Type of action:          Consent judgment

Employer name:       Ikaros Gourmet Co., operating as Simon’s Food Concessions

Employers:    Dada Guru Hospitality Inc. operating as Quality Inn, Jackson, Michigan

                             Prakash Patel

Employers:                Old Woodward Ventures LLC, operating as Luxe Bar & Grill

                                         Kara Bongiovanni

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced its Wage and Hour Division will offer contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders an opportunity to attend an online seminar on Aug. 29 on requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment requiring a Philadelphia-based home care services provider to pay 66 home health aides $129,697 in back wages and damages after investigations and litigation confirmed the employer willfully denied them overtime pay. 

SOUTH BEND, IN – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a permanent injunction and order forbidding the owner and operator of 61 Mega Liquor & Smoke stores in Indiana and Michigan from retaliating against workers who cooperate with U.S.

Date of action:                       May 24, 2024

Type of action:                      Consent judgment 

Employers:    Ware Landscaping, Naperville, Illinois

                             Michael Ware, owner

Action:           U.S. Department of Labor complaint and consent judgment filing

STANDISH, MI – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a court order requiring T.J. Schmidt & Co.

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West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training, 7 Players Club Drive, Suite 2, Charleston, WV  25311

NEWARK, NJ – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order that requires two New Jersey construction companies and their owners and managers to pay $600,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 131 former employees after a federal investigation found the employers engaged in an illegal bonus pay scheme.

PAYETTE, ID – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $268,417 in back wages and liquidated damages for 76 workers after finding the employer housed them in substandard conditions and wrongly exempted many of them from overtime in violation of federal regulations.