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...
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...
