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
- 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 July 1 to July 15, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- Arkansas: US Department of Labor obtains preliminary injunction against Benton restaurant to stop employing children illegally, retaliating against workers
- California: US Department of Labor recovers $555K for more than 2,500 Intuit employees after software provider’s recordkeeping errors denied overtime wages
- California: US Department of Labor recovers $45K in back wages, damages for 14 workers denied overtime pay by Walnut Creek restaurant
- California: US Department of Labor recovers more than $71K for 3 workers exempted from overtime improperly by popular Sonoma County restaurant owner
- Indiana: US Department of Labor files complaint, seeks contempt order after owner of 8 Indianapolis home healthcare companies defies court, continues violations
- Iowa: US Department of Labor recovers $33K in back wages, damages for 11 employees of tire shop that miscalculated overtime wages
- Louisiana: US Department of Labor recovers $110K in back wages, damages for 46 workers whose New Orleans employer withheld overtime pay
- New Hampshire: US Department of Labor recovers $912K in back wages, withheld tips, liquidated damages for 44 employees of New Hampshire taproom
- Puerto Rico: Federal investigation recovers $238K in back overtime wages for over 1,000 installers employed by Puerto Rico solar equipment company
- Virginia: Department of Labor recovers $172K for 21 restaurant workers after investigation finds Richmond restaurant denied overtime wages
- Virginia: Department of Labor seeks court order to end IT staffing agency practices that exploit workers through a system akin to modern-day indentured servitude
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Alabama: US Department of Labor finds Alabama concrete contractor failed to protect 65-year-old employee fatally struck by 4-ton container near Tuscaloosa
- Connecticut: Department of Labor cites Connecticut contractor for workplace safety violations found in fatal New Canaan trench cave-in investigation
- Illinois: Illinois contractor continues pattern of exposing construction workers to deadly fall hazards, employees observed in danger four times since January
- Massachusetts: Investigations find contractor repeatedly put employees in unguarded trenches that collapsed, trapped, injured workers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island
- Pennsylvania: Department of Labor finds Pennsylvania roofing contractor willfully exposed own children to potentially deadly falls at Mechanicsburg site
- Texas: US Department of Labor finds Houston metal powder coating company exposed workers to dozens of serious safety hazards
- Texas: Four years after double fatality, Houston-area tank cleaning contractor cited for same hazards that claimed another employee’s life
- Texas: Department of Labor cites severe safety violator again after inspection finds workers at Vinton steel plant exposed to serious workplace hazards
- Texas: Department of Labor finds one of the largest makers of reclaimed rubber flooring exposed Austin-area employees to willful, serious safety violations
- Nationwide: Department of Labor announces settlement with Dollar General requiring corporate-wide safety investments in stores nationwide
