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 September 1 to September 15, 2024.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- Colorado: Department of Labor recovers $91K in back wages, damages from Littleton landscaper who shortchanged 21 employees
- Indiana: Prominent Fort Wayne restaurants operator must pay $149K in back wages, damages to 28 servers, $28K in penalties, to resolve federal wage violations
- Kansas: Federal jury awards more than $957K in back wages to 168 workers denied full wages by joint owners of Kansas restaurants in Andover, Derby, Wichita
- New York: US Department of Labor recovers $375K in back wages, damages for 806 workers denied overtime by Rochester-based nursing homes
- Ohio: US Department of Labor recovers $54K in back wages for 54 workers after employer repeatedly failed to issue paychecks
- Pennsylvania: US Department of Labor obtains judgment requiring Pennsylvania in-home care agency to pay $1M to 193 employees denied minimum wage, overtime
- Tennessee: US Department of Labor recovers $30K from Tennessee assisted living centers operator for retaliating against employee
- Texas: US Department of Labor recovers $103K in back wages for 38 workers misclassified as independent contractors by Texas landscaping company
- Texas: Department of Labor recovers $141K in wages, damages for 28 workers wrongly denied overtime by Dallas-area home healthcare provider
OSHA Violations and Settlements
- Wisconsin: Federal safety inspection finds Sun Prairie contractor again failed to protect workers from potentially deadly hazards at home sites
- Wisconsin: Department of Labor finds Wisconsin animal food plant exposed workers to explosion, fire, respiratory hazards from airborne dust, cites 24 violations
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Violations and Settlements
- Hawaii: US Department of Labor recovers $450K in wages, benefits for 250 workers of Honolulu air cargo carrier that disregarded federal regulations
- South Carolina: US Department of Labor recovers $44K in back wages, benefits for 12 apprentices incorrectly classified as laborers on Army jobsite
