BOSTON - El tribunal del distrito de EE.UU. por el distrito de Massachusetts ha dictado una sentencia acordada que prohíbe permanentemente que un contratista de Canton y su empresa tomen represalias contra trabajadores que cooperan con investigaciones de la División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU., y ejercen de cualquier otra forma sus derechos conforme la Ley de Normas Laborales Justas. El tribunal también ordenó que Capone Bros. Inc. y Charles L.

BOSTON – O Tribunal Distrital dos EUA para o Distrito de Massachusetts emitiu uma sentença de consentimento e ordem proibindo permanentemente um empreiteiro de Canton e sua empresa de retaliar os funcionários que cooperam com as investigações da Divisão de Horas e Salários do Departamento de Trabalho dos EUA ou de outra forma reivindicam seus direitos de acordo com a Lei de Padrões Justos do Trabalho (FLSA). O tribunal também ordenou que Capone Bros. Inc. e Charles L.

HAMMOND, LA – A Hammond security solutions company illegally denied 23 field operations managers in Louisiana their federal overtime protections. The employees, labeled executives and paid on a salary basis, worked about 60 hours a week, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas telemarketing enterprise that shortchanged more than 1,328 call center workers has been ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages by a federal court in San Francisco. The judgement follows a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found Wellfleet Communications and its owners illegally misclassified employees as independent contractors, forcing them to unlawfully sign away their federal rights and paying them only when they made sales. 

SAN ANTONIO – The operator of 19 San Antonio-area Dairy Queen locations failed to pay 31 managers as required and must pay back wages and interest to the employees, following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation and federal court order.

SAN ANTONIO - El operador de 19 locales de Dairy Queen en el área de San Antonio no pagó a 31 gerentes como es debido y debe pagar salarios atrasados e intereses a los empleados, tras una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos y una orden judicial federal.

NASHVILLE, TN – Errors in calculating overtime wages of workers who provided lessons, merchandise sales and equipment services to members and guests at a private Nashville country club led the U.S. Department of Labor to recover $93,750 in back wages and liquidated damages for 12 workers.

HONOLULU – The owner of a Honolulu restaurant made earning a living difficult for its employees by allowing a manager to illegally keep a portion of workers’ tips and denying overtime pay to salaried cooks who worked an average of 55 hours a week, a recent federal investigation has found.

ROSEDALE, LA - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. ha obtenido dos órdenes judiciales preliminares acordadas en el Tribunal de Distrito de EE.UU.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - En el sureste, la industria de control de plagas emplea a más trabajadores que en cualquier otro lugar del país, y paga a sus trabajadores algunos de los salarios más bajos de la industria.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that sets reasonable limits on the amount of time tipped employees can spend in non-tipped activities when the employer receives a tip credit.

BIRMINGHAM, AL – In the Southeast, the pest control industry employs more workers than anywhere in the nation, and pays its workers some of the industry’s lowest wages. So, when Beebe’s Pest & Termite Control – operating in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi – failed to pay all of the wages earned by 28 workers, the employer made it even harder for them to make ends meet.

ROSEDALE, LA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained two agreed preliminary injunctions in the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Louisiana in Baton Rouge to prevent a Rosedale farm, its owner and anyone acting on their behalf, from intimidating, threatening, restraining, coercing, black listing, discharging or in any manner discriminating against any person who has engaged in any protected activity.

NEW YORK – For several years, workers for a building services contractor maintained HVAC services, electrical and lighting systems, elevators, fire safety equipment and internal mail distribution at a federal office building in Jamaica, Queens, under a federal contract with the Social Security Administration. The contract was worth $3.4 million in its final year.

WEST COVINA, CA – Investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division often reveal violations caused by a misunderstanding of federal law as well as blatant efforts to intentionally shortchange workers and cheat competitors.

WEST COVINA, CA - Las investigaciones realizadas por la División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU.

COLUMBIA, SC – Employers who expect their workers to use personal vehicles on behalf of the business must provide mileage reimbursement or they may be in violation of federal law, the operator of two sandwich shops in Clemson and Anderson has learned.

DETROIT – The U.S. Department of Labor’s offices in Detroit and Grand Rapids and the State of Michigan, Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, Wage and Hour Division have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to provide opportunities for the agencies to conduct joint investigations and joint outreach as well as share training materials and other information as appropriate.

GUAYNABO, PR - Una investigación de la División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU.

GUAYNABO, PR – A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation has found a Puerto Rico-based security services company misclassified 136 of its employees as independent contractors, denying them overtime pay required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.