Us Dept of Labor Wage & Hour
Recent News About Us Dept of Labor Wage & Hour
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Federal court forbids Putnam County home care business from intimidating workers, obstructing US Department of Labor wage investigation
A federal court has ordered a Brewster home care provider to stop retaliating against employees in an effort to obstruct a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the employers’ pay practices.
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US Department of Labor finds Mississippi medical center illegally deducted hours worked, failed to pay required overtime; recovers $201K in back wages
US Department of Labor finds Mississippi medical center illegally deducted hours worked, failed to pay required overtime; recovers $201K in back wages
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US Department of Labor recovers $330K in back wages for 20 workers denied overtime pay by North Carolina contractor
US Department of Labor recovers $330K in back wages for 20 workers denied overtime pay by North Carolina contractor
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US Department of Labor to host one-day online educational seminar for agriculture industry employers, workers, other stakeholders
US Department of Labor to host one-day online educational seminar for agriculture industry employers, workers, other stakeholders
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US Department of Labor effort to improve compliance, awareness in Southeast agricultural industry, protect vulnerable farmworkers continues
With a nearly $1 million annual increase in back wages recovered in the Southeast for agricultural industry workers in calendar year 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is continuing its multi-year initiative to educate industry employers about compliance, and workers about their legal protections under federal law.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announce new efforts to combat exploitative child labor
Since 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor has seen a 69 percent increase in children being employed illegally by companies. In the last fiscal year, the department found 835 companies it investigated had employed more than 3,800 children in violation of labor laws.
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US Department of Labor announces final rule to modify how it sets adverse effect wage rates in the H-2A program
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced it will publish a final rule to amend how the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for the H-2A program are set to improve the rates’ consistency and accuracy based on the work actually performed by these workers and to better prevent H-2A workers’ employment negatively affecting the wages of U.S. workers in similar positions.
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Department of Labor continues efforts to empower workers to take advantage of Family and Medical Leave Act protections, benefits
As part of its year-long commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S. Department of Labor today hosted an online roundtable discussion and launched a new web page to inform workers about federal regulations for job-protected leave to care for a family member.
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Court orders Salinas labor contractor to pay $460K in damages, penalties to 542 farmworkers after Department of Labor investigation, litigation
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment that orders a Salinas labor contractor – who withheld final paychecks and transportation expenses – to hundreds of farmworkers to pay more than $460,000 in damages and penalties, following the department’s investigation and litigation.
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US Department of Labor recovers $40K for 56 employees at two Catskill Mountains’ resorts in New York
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into two commonly owned Callicoon resorts’ pay and child labor practices was no vacation for the employers after investigators uncovered violations of federal regulations.
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Department of Labor to offer online seminars to educate current, prospective federal contractors on prevailing wage requirements
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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US Department of Labor recovers $3.1M in wages, benefits for 3,100 workers employed by a federal subcontractor servicing BENEFEDS program
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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US Labor Department secures $10K in overtime back wages, damages for 9 employees of Wytheville window installation company
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division determined that the employer paid window installers overtime wages at straight-time rates, and denied workers the required rate of time-and-one-half for hours over 40 in a workweek.
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US Department of Labor recovers $185K in overtime back wages owed to 181 workers of North Carolina rack system installation company
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found a North Carolina commercial and industrial rack installation company misclassified its employees working as installers as independent contractors.
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US Department of Labor finds McDonald’s franchise operator violated child labor hours, safety regulations at seven locations in Erie, Warren
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
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Forced to live on tips: Department of Labor recovers $253K in back wages for 93 workers after Florida restaurants denied them minimum wage, overtime
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $253,044 in back wages for 93 workers of four Florida restaurants after an investigation found the enterprise did not pay servers any wages and failed to pay other workers overtime rates.
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New York City hotel management company denied employees overtime pay, benefits by misclassifying them as independent contractors
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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Labor Department fines pizza restaurants $30K for child labor violations, recovers $12K for two managers illegally denied overtime wages
Labor Department fines pizza restaurants $30K for child labor violations, recovers $12K for two managers illegally denied overtime wages
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Court orders Illinois home healthcare provider to pay $1.1M in back wages, damages to 69 employees, after US Department of Labor investigation
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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Investigation recovers $215K in back wages after finding Jacksonville restaurant chain kept workers’ tips, failed to pay minimum wage, overtime
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the operator of a chain of Jacksonville-area fast-food restaurants illegally kept a portion of employees’ tips, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.