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 | Oct 11, 2022 | DOL, H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, immigration, temporary workers, Wage & Hour, WHD
On October 6th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule to amend regulations that govern the H-2A visa program. In brief, the final rule improves the program’s application and temporary labor certification process. In addition, the final rule...
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 | Aug 30, 2022 | DOL, H-1B, H-2B, immigration, temporary workers, Wage & Hour, WHD
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently announced that it recovered over $1 million in back wages for H-2B visa program violations. Between October 2019 and March 2022, the WHD conducted 73 separate H-2B investigations...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 9, 2022 | DOL, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, WHD
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found flagrant and pervasive wage violations at a City of Industry, California-based warehouse operator with locations in Kentucky. The WHD’s discovery came after the agency initially...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jul 12, 2022 | Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, WHD
On July 7th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that an Indianapolis, Indiana, security company recently paid $370K in back wages and other damages for federal overtime violations. Markedly, the violations mirror...