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Contractor Fined $724K for Denying Overtime Pay and Falsifying Records

Contractor Fined $724K for Denying Overtime Pay and Falsifying Records

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)...
Restaurant Owner Fined More Than $1.6M for Unpaid Overtime Pay

Restaurant Owner Fined More Than $1.6M for Unpaid Overtime Pay

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...
Breakfast Chain to Pay $1.1M for Failure to Pay Overtime

Breakfast Chain to Pay $1.1M for Failure to Pay Overtime

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...
Restaurant to Pay More Than $1.35M in Back Wages for Illegal Tip Pooling

Restaurant to Pay More Than $1.35M in Back Wages for Illegal Tip Pooling

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...
Restaurant Fined $867K For Overtime Violations, Stealing Tips

Restaurant Fined $867K For Overtime Violations, Stealing Tips

by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 26, 2022 | DOL, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD

Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered $867K in owed wages after investigators uncovered a Texas restaurant’s history of overtime violations and stealing tips. The employer’s actions violated both overtime rates and tip...
Illegal Pay Practices at Three Companies Result in Penalties of $2M

Illegal Pay Practices at Three Companies Result in Penalties of $2M

by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 12, 2022 | DOL, FLSA, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD

Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found that three customs warehouses (the employers) in the San Diego, CA, area were engaged in illegal pay practices. Specifically, WHD investigators found that the employers were paying...
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