August 12, 2024

Federal court blocks Southern California logistics company’s retaliation against workers, interference with federal investigation

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. 

August 12, 2024

Federal court finds upstate New York eye doctor, practice illegally fired employee who reported lack of COVID protections to state health officials

Date of action:                       Aug. 6, 2024

Type of action:                      Decision and order 

August 12, 2024

US Department of Labor marks Executive Order 13166’s 24th anniversary, continues implementing updated Language Access Plan

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor is marking the 24th anniversary of Executive Order 13166 – which requires the federal government to improve access to services and programs for persons with limited English proficiency – and affirming its commitment to improving communication accessibility for all workers.

August 12, 2024

Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering food vendor to pay $15K in back wages, damages to workers denied overtime, allegedly threatened

Date of action:           June 28, 2024

Type of action:          Consent judgment

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

August 9, 2024

Labor Department recovers nearly $24K in back overtime, minimum wage for 2 front desk workers of Jackson, Michigan hotel operators

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

                             Prakash Patel

August 9, 2024

Adidas America faces nearly $400K in penalties for uncorrected, recurring fall hazards found in 2021 at Orange County, New York, warehouse

ALBANY, NY – After receiving citations requiring it to correct existing fall hazards at its Chester warehouse, and paying $17,403 in penalties, Adidas America Inc. - maker of one of the world’s best-selling sneakers - now faces an additional $396,377 in penalties for continuing to ignore U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety standards.

August 8, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $45K in back wages, damages for 11 servers at southern Michigan restaurant, bar

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

                                         Kara Bongiovanni

August 8, 2024

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

In the week ending August 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 233,000, a decrease of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 249,000 to 250,000. The 4-week moving average was 240,750, an increase of 2,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 238,000 to 238,250.

August 7, 2024

Department of Labor, General Services Administration to centralize government benefits information on USA.gov

WASHINGTON The Department of Labor and the General Services Administration today announced a collaborative effort to centralize government benefits information on USA.gov and USAGov en Español, which will offer a new benefits experience for the public in English and Spanish. Benefits.gov, a website managed and hosted by the depar

August 6, 2024

Department of Labor finds East Texas pallet manufacturer continues to defy federal safety regulations, expose workers to amputation hazards

JACKSONVILLE, TX Despite receiving warnings and citations for more than a decade, a Jacksonville pallet manufacturer’s history of failing to protect employees from the risk of amputation continues, a U.S. Department of Labor follow-up inspection has found. 

August 6, 2024

Department of Labor offers online seminar on prevailing wages for employers, workers on federally funded projects Aug. 29

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.

August 6, 2024

Department of Labor finds southeast Oklahoma contractor’s history of safety violations contributed to fatal trench collapse near Shawnee

OKLAHOMA CITY - An Edmond contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three related to the dangers in underground trenches, was found disregarding U.S. Department of Labor regulations.

August 6, 2024

Philadelphia agency to pay $229K in overtime back wages, liquidated damages to 66 home care aides after federal investigations, litigation

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. 

August 5, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $82K in back wages, liquidated damages for employees of Manhattan real estate developer, managers that again withheld overtime

Date of action:                       May 24, 2024

Type of action:                      Consent judgment 

August 5, 2024

US Department of Labor recovers $135K in back wages, damages for 77 employees denied overtime by Ware Landscaping

Employers:    Ware Landscaping, Naperville, Illinois

                             Michael Ware, owner

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

August 5, 2024

US Department of Labor awards $800K in initial funding to support disaster recovery in response to New Mexico’s continuing wildfires

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $800,000 in emergency dislocated worker grant funding to support cleanup and recovery activities in response to the South Fork and Salt forest fires that began in New Mexico’s Otero County on June 17, 2024. Spreading quickly, the fires have already devastated more than 25,000 acres of mountain forest land, and about 1,400 structures and 500 homes in Lincoln and Otero counties and on the Mescalero Tribe Reservation.

August 5, 2024

US Department of Labor awards over $1.5M to continue employment, training services for Fort Bliss service members, spouses transitioning from military

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an incremental award of more than $1.5 million to support employment and training services for transitioning military service members and their spouses at and around the U.S. Army’s Fort Bliss installation near El Paso, Texas. 

August 2, 2024

Department of Labor recovers $57K in back wages for inspectors denied overtime by West Virginia’s state mine health, safety, training agency

Employer:      

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

August 2, 2024

Statement by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su on July jobs report

WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued the following statement on the July 2024 Employment Situation report:

“Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 114,000 jobs in July, bringing the total to nearly 16 million jobs created under the Biden-Harris administration. While job growth came in below expectations, with an average of 170,000 jobs added per month over the last three months, the American economy is still the envy of the world.