News and reports from the Department of Labor.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $74,546 in back wages and damages for 19 construction workers employed by PAR Construction LLC in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The recovery follows an investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division.

SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma, including a landmark injunction that permanently prevents the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from retaliating against employees at up to 59 locations in the State of Washington.

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. ha recuperado más de $1,1 millones en salarios no pagados y compensación por daños de operadores de un contratista textil de Los Ángeles que negó deliberadamente el pago de horas extras a sus empleados. Ahora, el departamento busca distribuir estos salarios a todas las personas que los ganaron.

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a consent preliminary injunction against the Michigan operator of Leo’s Coney Island franchise locations in Clarkston, Dearborn, Livonia, and Sterling Heights. This follows a history of non-compliance with overtime regulations and wage shortchanging.

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that its Employee Benefits Security Administration is seeking nominations to fill five three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, known as the ERISA Advisory Council. The deadline for submissions is August 26, 2024.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $1.1 million in back wages and damages from operators of a Los Angeles garment contractor that deliberately denied overtime wages to its employees. The department now seeks to distribute these wages to all the workers who earned them.

The U.S. Department of Labor has secured a federal court judgment mandating Community Living of Brookfield LLC and its owner, Matthew Sebuliba, to pay $27,184 to 27 caregivers. This amount includes $13,592 in back wages and an equal sum in liquidated damages following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division. The investigation revealed violations related to overtime, minimum wage, and recordkeeping from March 26, 2021, to March 25, 2023.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $170,439 in back wages for 60 workers who were denied overtime pay by KDK Transport Co., a non-emergency medical transport company based in Coeburn, Virginia. The Wage and Hour Division's investigation revealed that the company erroneously applied the Motor Carrier Exemption, failing to combine all hours worked by drivers, including driving and wait times, when calculating total weekly hours for overtime wages. This oversight resulted in violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which mandates time-and-a-half pay for...

AUSTIN, TX – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has revealed significant safety and health violations at Ecore International Inc.'s Mexia plant, one of the largest manufacturers of commercial flooring and surfaces in the nation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted an inspection in January 2024, uncovering more than a dozen violations.

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that an RNR Tire Express franchise in Davenport, Iowa, failed to include non-discretionary bonuses in the regular rate of pay when calculating overtime pay, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employer also did not maintain timecards for hourly paid employees.

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the allocation of up to $13.9 million in funding to support pilot programs aimed at delivering information technology skills, training, and job services to Job Corps students. Management and Training Corp. (MTC) will receive up to $3.9 million, while Net America Corp. will be awarded up to $9.9 million for demonstration projects in the Atlanta and San Francisco regions.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced the successful resolution of a course of remediation addressing alleged labor rights violations at the RV Fresh processing facility in Michoacan, Mexico, under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Rapid Response Labor Mechanism. The Secretary of Labor and U.S. Trade Representative co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee.

GUAYNABO, PR: Una investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. ha recuperado $238,746 en salarios por horas extras adeudados a 1,024 instaladores de paneles solares y sistemas que trabajaban para una empresa de energía renovable en Puerto Rico que no incluyó varios bonos en sus salarios y calculó incorrectamente los salarios por horas extras.

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $167,101 in back wages for 20 workers employed by a Keene roofing contractor, The Melanson Company, a Tecta America Company LLC. The company was found to have paid incorrect wages and improper overtime to foreign temporary workers under the federal H-2B nonimmigrant program.

A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $238,746 in overtime wages owed to 1,024 solar panel and system installers employed by a renewable energy company in Puerto Rico. The investigation found that the company failed to include various bonuses in their salaries and calculated overtime wages incorrectly.