Employer:                                   Tucker Brewing Co. LLC

Investigation site:                  2003 S. Bibb Drive

                                                          Tucker, GA 30084

Employer name:                   Primeforce Inc., operating as Elite Workforce Management

Investigation site:                9301 Frazier Pike

                                                        Little Rock, AR 72206

Employer:                                   Stat Etc. Inc.

                                                         Operating as Queen City Home and Medical Staffing

Investigation site:                  530 E. Innes St.

                                                         Salisbury, NC 28144

Nombre del empleador:                   Omega Drywall Company Inc.

Lugar de investigación:                    3010 Eula Morgan Road

                                                                       Katy, TX 77493

Employer name:                    Omega Drywall Company Inc.                                        

Investigation site:                  3010 Eula Morgan Road

                                                         Katy, TX 77493

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that will recover $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,756 employees of a Philadelphia healthcare staffing company that misclassified them and willfully denied their hard-earned overtime pay.

SOUTHFIELD, MI – A Detroit-area residential healthcare facilities management company has paid $121,525 in back overtime wages to 640 employees, following a U.S. Department of Labor review of its pay practices.

FORT WAYNE, IN – Heading to a roadside ice cream stand is a popular outing for Americans of all ages. Working behind the counter at these outlets is a first-time job for many teens. When the hours they work exceed limits set by federal child labor laws, these experiences can serve up violations for employers.

DEARBORN, MI – Federal wage investigators have recovered $352,347, in back overtime wages for 653 workers of a Dearborn staffing agency that assigned them to manufacturing facilities and illegally classified them as independent contractors.

By doing so, the employer denied their workers overtime wages, a violation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Nombre del empleador:                   First Choice Interiors LLC

Lugar de investigación:                    11430 Bissonnet Street, Suite E1

                                                                       Houston, TX 77099

Employer name:                    First Choice Interiors LLC

Investigation site:                 11430 Bissonnet Street, Suite E1

                                                       Houston, TX 77099

Nombre del empleador:       Blue Agave & Brothers LLC

                                                            Blue Apache Mexican Restaurant

Lugar de investigación:         905 Savoy Road

                                                            Youngsville, LA 70592

Employer name:           OKC Metro Alliance

                                               operating as Men’s and Women’s Firstep Residential Recovery Program

Investigation site:        1940 Linwood Blvd.

                                               Oklahoma City, OK 73106

SAN FRANCISCO – Mientras la nación conmemora la Semana Nacional de Salud y Seguridad Agrícola del 19 al 23 de septiembre, el Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. está instando a empleadores y trabajadores de la industria agrícola a actuar de inmediato para revertir el alarmante aumento de muertes y lesiones prevenibles en incidentes relacionados con el transporte.

SAN FRANCISCO – As the nation marks National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 19-23, the U.S. Department of Labor is urging agricultural industry employers and workers to act immediately to reverse an alarming increase in needless deaths and injuries in transportation-related incidents.

Employer name:        Blue Agave & Brothers

                                     Blue Apache Mexican Restaurant

Investigation site:      905 Savoy Road

                                    Youngsville, LA 70592

AUSTIN, TX - El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $230,353 en salarios atrasados para 274 trabajadores empleados por un popular operador de restaurantes de barbacoa en el centro de Texas después de que una investigación descubriera que el empleador daba parte de las propinas de los empleados a los gerentes del restaurante, una práctica prohibida por la ley federal.

AUSTIN, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $230,353 in back wages for 274 workers employed by a popular central Texas barbecue restaurant operator after an investigation found the employer gave a portion of employee tips to restaurant managers – a practice not allowed by federal law.