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 Program
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Below is a list of violations and settlements issued by the DOL from December 1 to 15, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- Kentucky: US Department of Labor recovers $24K in back wages, damages from Kentucky employer that denied 22 London smoke shop workers overtime
- Hawaii: US Department of Labor recovers $158K in back wages, damages for 14 workers denied tip portions, overtime by Honolulu restaurant
- Massachusetts: Department of Labor obtains consent judgment ordering 2 healthcare staffing companies to pay a total of more than $2.4M in back wages, liquidated damages to 341 employees
- Oklahoma: Department of Labor obtains judgment to recover $72K in wages, damages for 20 workers denied full wages by Oklahoma farm, landscape stores
- Pennsylvania: Department of Labor obtains consent judgment ordering 2 healthcare staffing companies to pay a total of more than $2.4M in back wages, liquidated damages to 341 employees
- Pennsylvania: Federal court judgment finds Philadelphia-area home care agency owes $414K in back wages, liquidated damages to 62 workers denied overtime
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Alabama: Department of Labor finds Alabama sausage manufacturer continues exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $103K in penalties
- Florida: Department of Labor cites North Florida contractors for willfully endangering employees in excavations without required safety protections
- Guam: Department of Labor orders Asia Pacific Airlines to pay more than $2M to cargo pilot wrongly fired for reporting aircraft safety concerns
- Idaho: Federal investigators assess Nampa ice cream manufacturer, retailer $321K in penalties for endangering dozens of children at 4 retail locations
- Illinois: Lake Zurich roofing contractor continues to ignore safety regulations, exposing workers to deadly fall hazards in 8 inspections since 2020
- Maryland: US Department of Labor finds contractor’s safety failures led to diver’s preventable fatality at underwater worksite at Manns Harbor bridge
- New Jersey: Newark roofing contractor faces $328K in fines after investigators find workers exposed repeatedly to fall hazards at 3 worksites in a month
- Ohio: Bakeware company faces $182K in fines following 2 worker amputations because of unguarded machines
- Pennsylvania: Department of Labor seeks back wages, damages from US Postal Service for allegedly firing a worker who raised safety concerns
- Texas: US Department of Labor finds lack of training, other failures led forklift operator to suffer fatal injuries at Elm Mott tire distribution facility
