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...
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...
by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 6, 2022 | DOL, Overtime Rules, wage theft, WHD
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recovered $538K in back wages and other damages from an aviation maintenance and repair staffing agency in overtime violations. The staffing agency supplies aviation repair workers to nationwide airline companies. The DOL’s...
by Girish Anand | Feb 14, 2019 | wage theft
The California Court of Appeal has ruled, in Ward v. Tilly’s, Inc., that a 75-year-old state work order’s phrase “report to work” also includes telephone call-ins to inquire whether or not to physically show up for a shift that day. The phrase...
by Girish Anand | Jul 11, 2018 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law, wage theft
A coalition of 11 state attorneys general (AGs) has launched an initiative to stop the practice of no-poaching agreements that prevent fast food workers from being hired by competing franchisees. “Our goal through this action is to reduce barriers and empower workers...
by Girish Anand | Dec 13, 2017 | DOL, wage theft
The Department of Labor (DOL) has extended the commentary period on its proposed new tip pooling regulation by 30 days, from Jan. 4 to Feb. 3, 2018. The announcement on Tuesday came after 46 Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives wrote in a letter to Labor...