by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 26, 2023 | DOL, Latest News, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Department (WHD) announced that they recovered over $1.1 million in back wages after a Texas-based company withheld wages owed to employees. Additionally, the DOL encouraged all employers to...
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...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 31, 2023 | DOL, FLSA, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered $724,082 in back wages and damages from an electrical contractor charged with denying overtime pay and falsifying records. Standards under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 10, 2023 | DOL, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered more than $1.6 million in unpaid overtime pay from a Los Angeles, California restaurant owner. The owner operates seven restaurants within Los Angeles. Overall, the charges of...
by PC Editorial Staff | Nov 22, 2022 | DOL, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that a popular breakfast chain will pay more than $1.1 million for a failure to pay overtime to its workers. The WHD initially opened its investigation at one location in...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2022 | DOL, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
Recently, a federal court ordered a Pennsylvania restaurant to pay more than $1.35 million in back wages and liquidated damages in an illegal tip pooling case. The action comes after investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division...