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New Orleans Landscaper Ordered to Pay $319K in Back Wages

TheU.S. Department of Labor has recovered $319,065 in back wages for 49 workers employed by a New Orleans landscaping company that misclassified them as independent contractors and, by doing so, denied them overtime pay. The department’s Wage and Hour Division …

Lawsuit Seeks to Recover Damages for Dancers at Kansas Gentlemen’s Club

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 6, 2025, as part of its ongoing effort to recover wages and damages for 80 female entertainers of a Wichita gentlemen’s club that allegedly failed to pay full wages, …

Sanford Health to Pay $220K in Back Wages and Damages

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) announced it has entered into a consent order with medical clinic Sanford to require that it comply with Minnesota laws that provide pregnant employees with reasonable workplace accommodations and pregnancy and parental …

Arkansas Hospital to Pay $14K in Back Wages

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Methodist Family Health in Little Rock, Ark. terminated a worker while out on family medical leave, a violation of the Family Medical Leave Act. The worker had …

Minnesota Restaurant Owner to Pay $105K in Back Wages

Four Minneapolis restaurants with shared ownership will pay $105,784 in back wages, damages and penalties to resolve violations identified by U.S. Department of Labor, including illegally firing an employee who cooperated with investigators. The department’s Wage and Hour Division found …

Louisiana Home Care Companies to Pay $355K in Back Wages

More than 100 people working as home care companions will receive their share of nearly $355,000 in back wages and damages after investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division of two southern Louisiana home care providers …

Oklahoma Farm Fined $72K for Denying Workers Overtime Pay

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment and injunction to recover $72,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 20 workers whose Oklahoma employer misapplied the agriculture exemption to retail workers and did not pay overtime to …

Abiomed to Pay $57K to Resolve Alleged Gender-Based Promotion Discrimination

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Abiomed Inc., a federal medical equipment supplier, have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of gender-based promotion discrimination at the company’s Danvers, …

Pennsylvania Home Health Care Agency to Pay $810K in Back Wages, Damages

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring a Wyncote, Pennsylvania, home health care agency and its owner, Dominique Conner, to pay 196 direct care employees a total of $810,320 in back wages and liquidated damages for …

Texas Medical Supplier to Pay $448K in Back Wages for Racial Hiring Discrimination

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into an agreement with McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of medical supplies, to resolve alleged systemic hiring discrimination against nearly 900 Black, Hispanic …