News and reports from the Department of Labor.

News Release: BOISE - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $221,053 in back wages and liquidated damages for 59 drywall installation workers in Idaho after their employer recklessly denied them overtime wages they earned and then lied to investigators about it.

News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent judgment ordering a Brooklyn bus and shuttle service to pay $742,500 in back wages and liquidated damages for overtime wages denied to 368 shuttle drivers, following an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.

News Release: CREST HILL, IL - A 42-year-old employee of a Crest Hill frozen-pizza manufacturer suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine on July 20, 2021.

News Release: ATLANTA - Millions of minors under the age of 18 join the U.S. workforce each year - many in the food industry - and the U.S. Department of Labor is working hard to ensure restaurant employers in the Southeast know their legal obligations regarding the employment of minors and to curb a recent increase in noncompliance.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor - in collaboration with the Departments of the Treasury, State, Commerce, Homeland Security and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative - today issued a Burma Business Advisory highlighting the risks of doing business due to corruption, illicit finance and human rights abuses.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh unveiled the Department of Labor’s “Good Jobs" initiative, a coordinated effort by Biden-Harris administration to improve job quality nationwide, during a speech today at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 90th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

News Release: WASHINGTON - As National Human Trafficking Prevention Month concludes, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division continues to support the updated U.S. National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking by committing resources, collaborating with criminal enforcement agencies and providing outreach to combat labor trafficking.

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit against a federal contractor that failed to ensure its subcontractors paid 3,964 employees as required at 88 Iowa sites, resulting in $3,348,543 in prevailing wage, overtime and fringe benefit back wages due. The employees removed poultry waste potentially infected with avian flu from the sites.

News Release: FORT MYERS, FL - A Fort Myers heating, ventilating and air conditioning company paid commissions and stipends to a rotation of on-call dispatchers but failed to include those payments in the workers’ rate of pay when calculating overtime in violation of federal law, the U.S. Department of Labor has determined.

News Release: WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today launched the Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity with a roundtable discussion reflecting on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

News Release: ABBOTSFORD, WI ‒ At the Abbotsford location of a popular Midwest tire sales-and-service provider, a worker mounting a new tire sustained fatal injuries after the tire came loose and struck him on July 28, 2021. A few weeks later, another worker from the same company suffered a similar fate at a Savage, Minnesota, location on Aug. 17, 2021.

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today announced an initiative aimed at improving job quality throughout the country. The “Good Jobs" initiative, led by the Department of Labor, will provide critical information to workers, employers and government entities as they seek to improve job quality, and create access to good union jobs - free from discrimination and harassment - for all workers and job seekers.

News Release: ATLANTA - Employers must accurately count all the hours employees work and include certain commissions earned when calculating overtime pay due. Failing to do so can lead to violations and result in unexpected costs in the form of back wages and, in some cases, penalties.

News Release: NORFOLK, VA - A federal court in Virginia has entered a judgment ordering a Norfolk-based medical staffing agency, which intentionally violated federal laws and denied 1,105 certified nursing aides, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses their rightfully earned overtime wages, to pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and liquidated damages.

Release: Who: Wage and Hour Division What: Outreach assistance and enforcement action after December 2021 tornadoes When: Jan. 24-28, 2022 Where: Mayfield, Kentucky Background: Members of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division response team are currently providing in-person assistance in the ...