Michael Baker International Inc. to pay $122,299 in back wages, interest to resolve alleged gender pay discrimination at engineering unit

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PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Department of Labor’s  Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a  conciliation agreement  with Michael Baker International Inc. to resolve allegations of pay discrimination against female employees in the engineering functional unit. A routine compliance review by OFCCP alleged that beginning Jan. 1, 2020, the employer paid female professionals in its engineering

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US Department of Labor recovers $167K in back wages, damages for 17 workers denied overtime pay by West Virginia restaurant

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Employer name:  Ole Jose Grill & Cantina LLC, operating as Ole, Jose Grill & Cantina Employer address: 564 River Drive Ave., Pineville, West Virginia 24784 Investigation findings:  Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act when the employer improperly paid tipped employees time and one-half their

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US Department of Labor investigation recovers more than $460K in wages, damages for 104 Houston supermarket employees

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HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $460,857 in back wages and damages after federal investigators found a Houston supermarket failed to pay 104 workers overtime wages. An investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Y. S. Lee Company Inc. – operating as Guanajuato Supermarket – paid its employees straight time rates

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US Department of Labor investigation finds Pennsylvania employment service agency Equus Workforce Solutions violated federal child labor laws

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Employer name:  Arbor E&T LLC, doing business as Res-Care Workforce Services, doing business as Equus Workforce Solutions Investigation site:  245 Depot St., St. Marys, Pennsylvania 15857 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s  Wage and Hour Division determined that Res-Care Workforce Services violated the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act when it employed

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USCCR to Hold Public Briefing on Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition Technology

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Visit our COVID-19 page for the latest updates on the pandemic response. , ,February 1, 2024 ,The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing on, Friday, March 8, 2024, on the civil rights implications of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). This investigation will analyze how FRT is developed, how it is being utilized by

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