Department of Labor News

Texas Tire Distributor Faces $288K Fine After Forklift Operator’s Death

A U.S. Department of Labor investigation revealed that proper workplace safety training and correct storage of pallets taller than 16 feet could have prevented the fatal injuries suffered by a forklift operator at a tire distribution center in Elm Mott, …

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 …

Texas Medical Center Settles Racial Hiring Discrimination Case

The U.S. Department of Labor and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have entered into a conciliation agreement in which the federal contractor will pay $900,000 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged systemic racial hiring affecting 6,123 …

Wisconsin Pizza Restaurant to Pay $99K Over Child Labor Law Violations

A Wisconsin pizza restaurant has agreed to pay $99,000 in fines after a Department of Labor investigation found the business assigned teenage employees to dangerous duties. Investigators found Pizza Parlor and owner Michelle Drougas illegally employed 11 children. Six children …

New Hampshire Landscaper to Pay Employees $310K in Wages, Damages

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered a total of $310,193 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Bedford, New Hampshire, landscaper and contractor who underpaid 60 employees. The fund recovery comes following an investigation by the DOL’s …

DOL Seeks Reinstatement, Back Wages From Pennsylvania Manufacturer

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit against a York, Pennsylvania, manufacturing company alleging the company wrongly terminated an employee who raised safety concerns when directed to use a ladder to move stock items when they believed a …

DOL Recovers $877K in Wages, Benefits for Employees Underpaid By NY Contractors

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $877,834 in back wages and fringe benefits from three Long Island contractors for 36 employees who were underpaid for their work on two New York projects funded by the U.S. Department …

Missouri Farm Cooperative Fined $241K for Lacking Proper Equipment

A Missouri grain cooperative could have prevented an employee’s fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it followed federal workplace safety requirements, the U.S. Department of Labor determined. Responding to the employer’s report of a worker fatality, …

Pennsylvania Contractor Ordered to Pay $85K Owed to 6 Workers on Federal Projects

An administrative law judge has ordered a Pennsylvania-based federal contractor to pay $85,284 in back wages for failing to pay prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime pay owed to workers employed on multiple federal construction projects, according to the U.S. …

Two Construction Firms Ordered to Pay $600K in Wages, Damages to 131 Workers

The Department of Labor said it has obtained a federal court order that requires two New Jersey construction companies and their owners and managers to pay $600,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 131 former employees after a federal …