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
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Below is a list of violations and settlements issued by the DOL from June 1 to June 15, 2024.
Highlighted Violations and Settlements
The DOL enters into a wage claim settlement with KDE Equine LLC after third violation in 4 years
On June 11, 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced a settlement with KDE Equine LLC for $486,520 for failing to properly pay overtime. The award including $243,260 in backpay and $243,260in liquidated damages.
The announcement recognized that KDE Equine had previously entered into a settlement agreement with the DOL in August 2023, in which it agreed to reimburse grooms and hotwalkers $243,260 with an additional $75,223 in penalties for violating the H-2b worker program rules.
Additionally, in September 2021, a federal district court entered a consent judgment ordering KDE Equine to pay workers $563,800 in backpay and liquidated damages for overtime violations which included concealing worked hours, directing employees to sign incomplete or false timesheets, and failing to accurately calculating overtime pay owed.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- Illinois: Department of Labor files complaint amid alleged wage violations by IHOP franchise operator of O’Fallon, Alton, Illinois locations
- Kentucky: Department of Labor obtains court order requiring Asmussen Racing Stables, leading thoroughbred trainer, to pay workers $486K in back wages, damages
- New Mexico: Department of Labor recovers $253K for 19 restaurant workers whose Albuquerque employer withheld tips, wages at two franchise locations
- New York: Department of Labor investigation, litigation recovers $120K in back wages, damages for 29 Long Island landscaping, sprinkler installation workers
- Texas: Department of Labor recovers $157K in owed wages, damages for 46 food service workers denied overtime in Rio Grande Valley
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- California: Department of Labor cites Long Branch contractor for 32 violations in 4-month span for willfully exposing employees to deadly fall hazards
- Illinois: Illinois contractor exposes employees to deadly fall hazards twice in 2 months at homes under construction in Hanover Park subdivision
- Texas: Federal judge upholds Department of Labor order for crane company to pay truck driver terminated for refusing to violate federal safety rules
Executive Order 11246 Violations and Settlements
- California: Arakelian Enterprises will pay $104K to resolve alleged hiring discrimination
- Illinois: Federal contractor Deere & Co. resolves alleged hiring discrimination, pays $1.1M in back wages, interest to affected Black, Hispanic jobseekers
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Massachusetts: US Department of Labor reaches settlement with Unum Life Insurance Co. to reform company practices on evidence of insurability
- Pennsylvania: US Department of Labor reaches settlement with Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. to reform its evidence of insurability practices
