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TAMPA, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $184,139 in back wages and liquidated damages for 56 seasonal guest workers and U.S. workers of a Naples restaurant after finding multiple violations of federal nonimmigrant work program regulations and federal minimum wage and overtime regulations.  The department’s  Wage and Hour Division found Sails Restaurant LLC violated

WINESBURG, OH ‒ A chicken processing plant – with a long history of violations ‒ again failed to comply with federal safety regulations and exposed workers to multiple hazards while they processed chickens for commercial sale, federal inspectors found.  Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s  Occupational Safety and Health Administration  opened a follow-up inspection under

Employer:       14th St. Chicken Corp., operating as Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits                         7007 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94621                                                                                                       Investigation findings:   An   investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found a Popeyes fast-food chain franchisee hired children as young as 13-years-old and minors who worked later and longer

CULLMAN, AL – Apex Roofing & Restoration LLC paid $117,175 in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor determined that the Pelham roofing contractor employed a 15-year-old child in violation of federal child labor laws, resulting in the child’s death at a Cullman worksite.  On July 1, 2019, a teen reported to the

HARTFORD, CT – After investigations and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal court ordered a Milford sports bar and its owner to pay employees a total of $359,485 in back pay, emotional distress damages, withheld compensation and punitive damages for violating the anti-retaliation provisions of the  Fair Labor Standards Act and the  Occupational