News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, sentenced Clifton Tyrail Evans, 36, of Burgaw to 66 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Evans was named in a single-count Indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2020
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has named Wheeling Central Catholic High School as the winner of the drug-free public service announcement contest launched at the beginning of the school year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: Volunteers’ Perseverance Leads to Tule Springs Fossil Beds 5-Year Anniversary.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
Release: RICHMOND, VA - A Transportation Security Administration officer who questioned the identity of a Richmond International Airport traveler who presented what she believed to be a fake ID, turned out to have come face-to-face last week with a man convicted of manslaughter.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security will begin processing migrants for return to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) at the Nogales Port of Entry south of Tucson, Arizona. This brings the total number of ports of entry where MPP returns will be made to seven. Any migrants ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has signed an addendum to a non-prosecution agreement with Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP), a private bank headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The original non-prosecution agreement was signed on Jan. 6, 2016. At that time, UBP reported that it ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Avalon Hunter Jumpers LLC – a Bay Area horse training facility – will pay $33,034 to seven employees for violations of the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A Bay Area employer providing environmental, labor and social responsibility audits will pay $54,121 in back wages to 10 employees and an additional $5,640 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the company violated overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: BEND, OR – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Energy Conservation Insulation Company – an insulation contractor based in Bend, Oregon – will pay $159,027 to 31 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: BOISE, ID – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Intermountain Concrete Polishing – a concrete floor polishing company in Meridian, Idaho – will pay $47,676 to four employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), a 7-Eleven store in Concord, California will pay $42,350 in back wages and liquidated damages to 10 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – A California-based security services provider has paid $124,029 in back wages and damages to 30 workers formerly employed as security guards at Amazon’s Seattle Spheres geodesic dome facilities, after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: MANNING, SC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Quintanilla Poultry LLC – a poultry catching company based in Manning, South Carolina – has paid $96,782 in back wages to 55 employees for overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor's Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Martha Newton released the following statement recognizing National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month is made all the more resonant by ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: MANNING, SC – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Quintanilla Poultry LLC – a poultry catching company based in Manning, South Carolina – has paid $96,782 in back wages to 55 employees for overtime and recordkeeping violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – A California-based security services provider has paid $124,029 in back wages and damages to 30 workers formerly employed as security guards at Amazon’s Seattle Spheres geodesic dome facilities, after a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer violated requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: BOISE, ID – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Intermountain Concrete Polishing – a concrete floor polishing company in Meridian, Idaho – will pay $47,676 to four employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: BEND, OR – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Energy Conservation Insulation Company – an insulation contractor based in Bend, Oregon – will pay $159,027 to 31 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A Bay Area employer providing environmental, labor and social responsibility audits will pay $54,121 in back wages to 10 employees and an additional $5,640 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the company violated overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 2, 2020
News Release: SAN JOSE, CA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), a 7-Eleven store in Concord, California will pay $42,350 in back wages and liquidated damages to 10 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements.
