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 June 15 to June 30, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- California: Department of Labor obtains order to force Los Angeles-area meat processor, staffing agency to give up $327K in profits from oppressive child labor
- California: US Department of Labor recovers nearly $840K from San Diego warehouse, logistics companies after probe finds some workers paid less than $3 per hour
- Hawaii: Department of Labor recovers $307K in back wages, damages for 23 restaurant workers deprived of overtime pay in Hawaii
- Michigan: Ann Arbor restaurants’ operator agrees to pay $197K in back wages, damages to 20 workers denied overtime during pandemic
- New Jersey: Department of Labor recovers $84K in back wages, damages from Jersey Shore steakhouse owner who willfully denied full pay to 13 workers
- Washington: Department of Labor recovers $195K in back wages, damages for 22 home care workers denied full wages by Auburn employer
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Alabama: Department of Labor cites Boaz mobile home manufacturer after 62-year-old worker suffers fatal trauma after 10-foot fall
- Florida: Department of Labor cites Arcadia labor contractor after farmworker suffers fatal illness while harvesting oranges with heat index over 90
- Georgia: US Department of Labor finds Woodbury resin maker’s safety failures contributed to 37-year-old technician’s fatal injuries
- Georgia: US Department of Labor cites contractor for lacking required fall protection that contributed to 54-year-old employee’s fatal fall
- New York: Worker’s fatal fall in Chenango County preventable if Tennessee-based contractor had provided employees fall protection equipment, training
- Ohio: After Sandusky pork processing facility workers seek medical treatment for ammonia exposure, federal investigators identify 43 safety violations
- Ohio: US Department of Labor investigation finds Hubbard castings company could have prevented molten metal leak from fatally burning employee
- Texas: Department of Labor finds global pet products maker’s safety failures contributed to employee’s severe facial burns from molten plastic
- Texas: Department of Labor finds American Home Protect, Porch Group fired employee who reported deceptive practices to leadership
