Kryger Glass Co. has agreed to pay 53 workers back wages of $107,476 following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division. According to the investigation, the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions when night delivery drivers were improperly classified as exempt from overtime pay. Investigators found that $52,187 […]
Goodwill Industries of Southern California settles sex discrimination case with US Department of Labor Agreement includes more than $130,000 in back wages for 200 male applicants and 18 job offers LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that Goodwill Industries of Southern California has agreed to settle allegations of systemic discrimination stemming from […]
Company misclassified employees as independent contractors; failed to pay minimum wage BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A federal judge has ordered kgb USA Inc., the world’s largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services, to pay $1.3 million in minimum wage compensation to 14,568 of its current and former employees nationwide for violations of the Fair […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clark Cooper Painting LLC has agreed to pay $45,983 in back wages to 26 painters following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found the employees were misclassified as independent contractors and were consequently denied overtime wages. The company also violated the record-keeping provisions of the Fair […]
First Circuit Court of Appeals There can be no better introduction to this case than that of the First Circuit: As society matures and employment law evolves, legislatures have lavished more attention on the policies and practices used by employers with respect to customer gratuities. Massachusetts is in the regulatory forefront on these cutting-edge issues. […]
