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Labor Department alleges 4 New Hampshire catering, cafe businesses paid 'off the books' overtime
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Four New Hampshire catering and cafe businesses will pay back wages to resolve charges by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of overtime, minimum wage and Fair Labor Standards record keeping violations, according to the federal agency. -
Pennsylvania bindery company to pay back wages after alleged minimum wage, overtime violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal court has ordered a Pennsylvania printing and bindery company to pay back wages for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations, including not paying minimum wage and overtime to employees. -
Quality Inn, Country Inn & Suites, Ramada franchises settle FLSA violation charges
NEW YORK — Three New York hotels will pay more than $500,000 in back wages, damages and civil penalties over allegations of not paying overtime, time-and-one-half wages and for false employee pay record keeping. -
Coalition opposes Labor Department's proposed change of patient-lift operation rules
CHICAGO — An 11-state attorneys general coalition is opposing the U.S. Department of Labor's recent proposed change that would allow 16- and 17-year-old workers to operate power-drive patient lifts without training or supervision. -
Goodwill Industries settles allegations of altering employee time records to avoid paying overtime
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia-based Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire Inc., will pay more than $100,000 in back wages to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that the thrift store chain manipulated employee time records. -
Oregon delivery service to pay more than $3.2 million to settle pay violations
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon delivery service company has agreed to pay more than $3.2 million in wages and damages to settle charges by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) of failing to pay its couriers minimum wage and overtime pay. -
Minnesota, Iowa restaurants to pay back wages to more than 100 current, former employees
MINNEAPOLIS — Four restaurants in Minnesota and Iowa have reached a settlement with the federal government to resolve charges of minimum wage, overtime and records violations. -
Louisiana electrical contractor charged by DOL for federal overtime law violations
NEW IBERIA — A Louisiana electrical contractor has agreed to pay over $240,000 in back wages to employees to resolve U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) claims of federal overtime law violations. -
Tennesse court orders man charged with selling fake insurance products to pay $6 million, serve 14 months
NASHVILLE — A U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation into a Tennessee resident's insurance embezzlement scheme has resulted in a 14 month prison sentence and more than $6 million in restitution by a U.S. District Court. -
Labor Department alleges Pennsylvania restaurant failed to pay full minimum wage, overtime
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Labor is suing a Pennsylvania restaurant in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for allegedly failing to pay servers a full federal minimum wage as well as overtime pay. -
New Jersey supermarket owes more than $175,000 for alleged minimum wage violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New Jersey supermarket has agreed to pay more $175,000 in employee lost wages and damages after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found violations of federal minimum wage and record-keeping laws. -
Texas distribution company pays $244,000 in back wages for employees' 'pre-shift' work
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas distribution company did not pay its hourly employees for "pre-shift" work and failed to keep proper record keeping in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the U.S. Department of Labor alleges. -
OSHA cites Dallas metal recycling company after employee crushed by stack of pipes
DALLAS — A Dallas-based metal recycling company has been cited by the federal government following the hospitalization of one its employees who was crushed by a stack of pipes. -
Ohio manufacturing company managers indicted for alleged obstruction of workplace death probe
CLEVELAND — Two managers of an Ohio manufacturing company have been indicted by a federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for their alleged attempts to obstruct a federal agency's investigation into the workplace death of a company worker. -
Federal contractor to pay $2.8 million to resolve Labor Department charges
NEW YORK — More than 400 employees of Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc., a federal contractor, will receive restitution as part of a $2.8 million settlement to resolve the company's failure to pay the workers' required "fringe benefits" into their retirement accounts. -
OSHA cites Florida farm after worker dies from lighting strike
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida farm has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after the death of a farm worker from a lighting strike. -
Minnesota food service company to give back pay to female workers paid less than male counterparts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Minnesota food service company accused of gender pay discrimination by the U.S. Department of Labor has agreed to pay $399,000 in back pay and interest to nearly 100 female employees at its Minnesota facility, according to the federal government. -
Labor Department division reaches record $304 million in recovered wages for fiscal year
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has reached a record $304 million in recovered wages for fiscal year 2018 and has set a record for it educational outreach events relating to compliance assistance. -
Louisiana temporary staffing company to pay $1.1 million for alleged pay violations
BATON ROUGE — A Louisiana-based temporary staffing company will pay more than $1 million in back wages to resolve charges by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that the company violated federal overtime and minimum wage laws for employees involved in post-Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. -
2 South Carolina Beach Bum stores to pay penalty for alleged overtime violations
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A South Carolina business will pay $63,568 in back wages and liquidated damages to its employees to resolve charges by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of overtime violations.