News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Michigan Health Care Providers Paying $400,000 in Back Wages to 476 Employees

News Release: DETROIT, MI – Two Detroit area residential care facilities operated by Beaumont Health will pay $400,007 in back wages to 476 employees after investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found the employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and recordkeeping ...


U.S. Department of Labor Files Contempt Petition Against Massachusetts Companies Ordered to Pay $2.4 Million in Back Wages, Damages

News Release: BOSTON, MA – The U.S. Department of Labor has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to hold two Massachusetts construction companies and two of their officers in civil contempt for not fulfilling the terms of an August 2016 consent judgment and order that requires them to pay $2,359,685 in back wages and liquidated damages to 478 employees.


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Pennsylvania Restaurant Violated Federal Wage Laws

News Release: OAKDALE, PA – Burke Inc. – doing business as Pepperoncini's Pub in Oakdale, Pennsylvania – has paid $12,034 in back wages, and an equal amount in liquidated damages to four employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated the overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).


U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Auto Parts Manufacturer Reinstating, Paying Employee for Family and Medical Leave Act Violations

News Release: ROME, GA – After a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation, Neaton Rome Inc. – an automobile parts manufacturer based in Rome, Georgia – has reinstated and paid an employee $13,133 in lost wages as WHD found the employer terminated the employee in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).


U.S. Department of Labor Awards Dislocated Worker Grant to Massachusetts after Weetabix Manufacturing Facility Closure

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced National Dislocated Worker Grant funding of $372,945 to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to provide reemployment services to individuals impacted by the closure of the Weetabix cereal manufacturing facility in Clinton, Massachusetts, operated by Post Holdings Inc.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published an eight page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.