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News Release: MANCHESTER, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $3.1 million in back wages and fringe benefits for more than 3,100 workers at a California subcontractor that provided enrollment and dental and vision benefits support to federal employees, retirees and their dependents.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction and service contracts.
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News Release: NUEVA YORK - Una investigación federal ha recuperado $113,613 en salarios atrasados e indemnización por daños y perjuicios para 71 empleados de una empresa de administración hotelera de Nueva York que les negó el salario completos, incluyendo las horas extras, al clasificar erróneamente a muchos de los trabajadores afectados como contratistas independientes.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has won a default judgment against a Pennsylvania home healthcare company and its owner for failing to pay overtime wages to 23 workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX - Two workers at a North Texas dental practice will share $15,706 in back wages to be paid by the dentists who fired them for raising concerns about COVID-19 safety measures in Spring 2020, following a federal whistleblower investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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News Release: Labor Department fines pizza restaurants $30K for child labor violations, recovers $12K for two managers illegally denied overtime wages
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News Release: NEW YORK - A federal investigation has recovered $113,613 in back wages and liquidated damages for 71 employees of a New York City hotel management company that denied them their full-earned wages, including overtime, by misclassifying many of the affected workers as independent contractors.
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News Release: ERIE, PA - A federal investigation has found the franchise operator of seven McDonald’s locations in Erie and Warren illegally allowed 154 minors, ages 14- and 15-years-old, to work at times not permitted by child labor laws and for more hours per week than allowed. The employer also assigned nine workers under age 16 to operate deep fryers in violation of federal law.
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The US Labor Department published a five page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Release: Employer: IPD Company Inc., operating as IPD
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News Release: URBANA, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order requiring an Illinois home healthcare provider to pay 69 workers $1.1 million in back wages and damages for its failure to pay these workers for all hours worked.
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Release: Employer: Window World of Southwest Virginia Inc.
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The US Labor Department published an eight page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: DUBLIN, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $20,107 in back wages for a Georgia bank employee who suffered wrongful retaliation and termination after the financial institution violated their rights under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
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News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture expressing concerns with the agency’s proposed changes to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program packages that limit families from accessing flexible and nutritious food options.
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News Release: NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX - Two workers at a North Texas dental practice will share $15,706 in back wages to be paid by the dentists who fired them for raising concerns about COVID-19 safety measures in Spring 2020, following a federal whistleblower investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Miami-based wholesale plant nursery Pure Beauty Farms has been found to have given foreign visa workers preferential treatment over U.S. workers, while also housing employees in unsafe conditions in Georgia, according to a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
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News Release: On Feb. 14, the federal government announced that it was again extending the deadline for employers to file objections to the disclosure of their EEO-1 data in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Center for Investigative Reporting. The deadline for submitting objections is now March 3.