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 16 to 31, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- California: US Department of Labor recovers $45K in penalties from Napa restaurant for reckless child labor law violations
- California: US Department of Labor finds increased number of care industry employers engaged in wage theft, recovers $735K in wages, damages in recent cases
- Georgia: US Department of Labor recovers $290K in back wages, damages from Georgia hotel operator that denied 95 employees overtime
- Illinois: US Department of Labor recovers $125K in back wages, damages from operators of 3 Chicago area restaurants for 53 workers denied overtime
- Louisiana: Department of Labor recovers $355K in back wages, damages from Louisiana home care providers for 114 workers deprived of full wages
- Massachusetts: Department of Labor secures consent judgment prohibiting Massachusetts contractor from retaliating against employees
- Minnesota: Minneapolis restaurant group Boludo will pay $105K in back wages, damages, penalties after US Department of Labor finds overtime violations
- Michigan: Court orders Pontiac supermarket, restaurant to pay $192K in wages, damages, penalties for alleged retaliation against workers denied overtime
- Michigan: Court orders 3 West Michigan taco restaurants to pay $823K in back wages, damages to 177 workers shortchanged minimum wage, overtime
- Utah: Court orders founder, operator of 6 Teriyaki Grill locations in Utah to pay $198K in wages, damages to 20 workers shortchanged overtime
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Alabama: Department of Labor finds Alabama sausage manufacturer continues exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $103K in penalties
- Alabama: US Department of Labor finds worker electrocution tied to Alabama contractor’s expired tools, training failures
- Illinois: Zion contractor again found ignoring protections to prevent workers from suffering disabling, deadly falls from elevation; faces $266K in new fines
- Maine: Department of Labor finds Glenburn contractor ignored repeated warnings, site-specific safety plan in fatal trench collapse at Brownville worksite
- Massachusetts: Owner of Medford construction company sentenced to 18 months for tax crimes, making false statements to federal government
- North Carolina: US Department of Labor finds Louisiana contractor could have prevented 27-year-old worker’s drowning at North Carolina worksite
- Texas: US Department of Labor investigation finds Frisco contractor again exposing workers to potentially deadly trench collapse
