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 July 16 to July 31, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- California: Department of Labor seeking 72 garment workers still owed back wages, damages after $1.1M recovery in Los Angeles wage theft investigation
- Florida: US Department of Labor recovers $288K in back wages, damages from property management group that willfully denied 92 employees overtime
- Louisiana: US Department of Labor recovers $74K in back wages, damages for 19 construction workers denied overtime pay in Southwest Louisiana
- Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont: Department of Labor recovers $124K in back wages, withheld tips, liquidated damages for 126 employees of restaurants in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
- Michigan: Court orders Detroit-metro Leo’s Coney Island franchisee to maintain records of wages paid, hours worked, after Department of Labor investigation
- Minnesota: US Department of Labor recovers $135K in back wages, damages for 57 employees denied overtime by Minnesota homecare provider
- Nevada: Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza franchisee faces $277K in penalties after federal investigators find dozens of children employed illegally at 10 Nevada locations
- Nevada: US Department of Labor recovers $475K for 32 employees denied overtime wages by owner of Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina restaurants in Las Vegas
- Pennsylvania: Federal court awards $35.8M in back wages, damages in historic recovery after investigation finds wage theft by Pennsylvania healthcare employers
- Texas: US Department of Labor recovers $64K from Dallas piercing salon for 3 workers whose tips employer withheld illegally
- Texas: US Department of Labor files suit against owner, operator of 3 popular North Houston restaurants who used workers’ tips illegally to pay expenses
- Texas: US Department of Labor recovers more than $1.5M in back wages, damages for 430 HVAC technicians misclassified by Dallas-area company
- Texas: US Department of Labor files suit to force Houston-area owner, operator of homes for people with special needs to pay overtime wages, damages
- Virginia: US Department of Labor recovers $170K in back wages for 60 workers denied overtime pay by Virginia transportation company
- Washington: Department of Labor recovers $129K in tips, damages for employees deprived full earnings by Vancouver pizza franchise operator
- Wisconsin: Milwaukee-area group home operator agrees to pay $27K in back wages, damages to caregivers after investigation finds wage violations
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Florida: Department of Labor cites Winter Haven contractor for willfully exposing workers again to potentially deadly falls
- Idaho: Department of Labor finds appalling disregard of safety standards by building contractor in collapse of Boise airport hangar that killed 3 workers
- Illinois: Investigators find continued safety failures by US subsidiary of global meat casing manufacturer contributed to 2 employees’ suffering severe injuries
- Illinois: Chicago-area framing contractor continues to expose employees to deadly fall hazards as violations multiply, federal fines reach new heights
- New Jersey: Department of Labor cites South Jersey water tower painting contractor for 3 willful, 19 serious violations after investigation of worker’s 80-foot fall
- Ohio: Framing contractor again found exposing workers to deadly fall hazards, twice in less than 2 weeks at Perrysburg worksites; faces $199K in fines
- Virginia: US Department of Labor investigation leads major maritime cargo shipping operator to change reporting policy for employees
- Washington: Department of Labor obtains landmark federal court injunction protecting employees who report workplace injuries from employer retaliation
- Wisconsin: Federal investigators find Franksville waste management company’s inadequate safety measures led worker to suffer severe injuries
- Wisconsin: US Department of Labor finds global ink, coatings maker failed to properly protect employee from flash fire incident in Lisbon
Executive Order 11246 Violations and Settlements
- Massachusetts: State Street Corp. allocates $4.2M for future pay adjustments to resolve alleged gender wage discrimination
- New York: Federal cable, telecommunications contractor to pay $80K to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at Hauppauge, New York, facility
- North Carolina: Leggett & Platt, Incorporated to pay $407K in back wages, interest to resolve hiring discrimination alleged in US Department of Labor review
