Each month, the United States Department of Labor (US DOL or DOL) issue violations and settles cases covering the federal laws they are responsible for enforcing. These federal laws include:
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Davis-Bacon and Related Acts
- McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act
- Executive Order 11246
- Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
- Section 1188 — Admission of Temporary H-2A Workers
- H-2B Progam
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Below is a list of violations and settlements issued by the DOL from August 1 to August 15, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- California: Federal court blocks Southern California logistics company’s retaliation against workers, interference with federal investigation
- Idaho: US Department of Labor recovers $268K in back wages, damages for 76 workers employed by onion processing plant
- Illinois: US Department of Labor recovers $135K in back wages, damages for 77 employees denied overtime by Ware Landscaping
- Indiana, Michigan: Federal court forbids owner of 61 Mega Liquor & Smoke stores from engaging in employee retaliation following Labor Department investigation
- Michigan: US Department of Labor recovers $45K in back wages, damages for 11 servers at southern Michigan restaurant, bar
- Michigan: Labor Department recovers nearly $24K in back overtime, minimum wage for 2 front desk workers of Jackson, Michigan hotel operators
- New Jersey: US Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering North Jersey construction companies, owners to pay $600K in wages, damages to 131 workers
- New York: US Department of Labor recovers $82K in back wages, liquidated damages for employees of Manhattan real estate developer, managers that again withheld overtime
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia agency to pay $229K in overtime back wages, liquidated damages to 66 home care aides after federal investigations, litigation
- Pennsylvania: Department of Labor obtains judgment ordering food vendor to pay $15K in back wages, damages to workers denied overtime, allegedly threatened
- Tennessee: Federal court orders staffing company to stop employing children illegally after US Department of Labor investigation
- West Virginia: Department of Labor recovers $57K in back wages for inspectors denied overtime by West Virginia’s state mine health, safety, training agency
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Florida: US Department of Labor cites leading convenience store chain for serious violation after gunmen shoot cashier in Orlando robbery
- Illinois: Metro-Chicago contractor again found ignoring federal safety regulations, exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at Frankfort worksite
- Oklahoma: Department of Labor finds southeast Oklahoma contractor’s history of safety violations contributed to fatal trench collapse near Shawnee
- Mississippi: Department of Labor reaches settlement with Hattiesburg poultry facility to enhance safety measures after 16-year-old suffers fatal injuries
- New York: Adidas America faces nearly $400K in penalties for uncorrected, recurring fall hazards found in 2021 at Orange County, New York, warehouse
- New York: Federal court finds upstate New York eye doctor, practice illegally fired employee who reported lack of COVID protections to state health officials
- Texas: Department of Labor investigation of trench fatality finds El Paso contractor repeatedly, willfully failed to follow federal safety measures
- Texas: Department of Labor finds East Texas pallet manufacturer continues to defy federal safety regulations, expose workers to amputation hazards
