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DOL Finds More Than 170 Child Labor Violations at Fast Food Chain

DOL Finds More Than 170 Child Labor Violations at Fast Food Chain

by PC Editorial Staff | May 31, 2023 | Child Labor, DOL, FLSA, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour

This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that a popular fast food chain will pay over $71 thousand in fines for over 170 child labor violations across six locations. The DOL’s investigation included locations across Nevada. Overall, from 2018 to 2022, the...
Labor Department Makes Updated FLSA Poster Mandatory

Labor Department Makes Updated FLSA Poster Mandatory

by PC Editorial Staff | May 23, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Labor Law Posters, Wage & Hour, WHD

After releasing a new Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) notice earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently made its updated FLSA poster mandatory. At the beginning of May, the DOL gave employers the option of posting the...
Wage and Hour Division Releases Guidance on Enforcing the PUMP Act

Wage and Hour Division Releases Guidance on Enforcing the PUMP Act

by PC Editorial Staff | May 23, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Wage & Hour, WHD

The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently published guidance regarding the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), dictating how WHD officials may go about enforcing the PUMP Act. Specifically, agency...
Court Orders Company to Pay a Historic $22M for FLSA Violations

Court Orders Company to Pay a Historic $22M for FLSA Violations

by PC Editorial Staff | May 16, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, WHD

In the largest ever recorded verdict under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a federal court ordered a Pennsylvania manufacturing company to pay $22 million in back wages after significant FLSA violations. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...
First Circuit Clarifies FLSA Administrative Exemption Law

First Circuit Clarifies FLSA Administrative Exemption Law

by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 11, 2023 | FLSA, Misclassification, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (First Circuit) recently issued a decision regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime provisions that clarified the FLSA administrative exemption law. The decision affects states and territories under the...
Restaurant Owner to Pay Over $911K to Settle Wage Theft

Restaurant Owner to Pay Over $911K to Settle Wage Theft

by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced last week that a restaurant owner and operator with locations in New Hampshire and Massachusetts will pay $911,568 for wage theft. Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigators determined that the employer’s illegal pay...
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