Department of Labor recovers more than $37K in unpaid fringe benefits for 56 contract workers employed by Wendy’s franchisee at Naval Base Guam

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Employer:      Quick Service Foods Inc., operating as Wendy’s                        1779 Army Drive, Suite 104                        Dededo, Guam 96929Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found the operator of a Wendy’s restaurant franchise at Naval Base Guam did not pay required health and welfare benefits to its service contract workers. The division investigation recovered $37,529 in

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Federal court orders Louisville technology services provider, retirement savings plan to repay $575K to plan participants

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Date of action: September 28, 2023 Type of action: Employee Retirement Income Security Act consent order and judgment  Names of defendants:           Sypris Solutions Inc. and                                                Sypris Solutions 401(k) Merged Retirement Savings Plan Background: On December 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division, alleging that Sypris Solutions

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Department of Labor recovers $47K in back wages, damages for 10 home care workers after Union City employer once again failed to pay overtime

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Employer:      San Jose Care Homes for the Elderly LLC                        32262 Crest Lane Union City, CA 94587Investigation findings: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the home care company in Union City again denied workers their full pay intentionally by depriving them of the overtime pay they earned, a Fair Labor Standards Act

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Federal investigation, litigation recovers $1.2M in back wages, damages from Los Angeles-area poultry processors for workers denied overtime

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WEST COVINA, CA – A federal court has entered default judgments that require the operators of La Puente poultry processing plant to pay more than $1 million after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employers deliberately denied overtime wages earned by 113 workers and tried to hide the wage theft.In addition to withholding overtime

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US Department of Labor publishes fact sheet outlining protections against discrimination, bias in federally funded programs, activities

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today published a fact sheet that clarifies protections under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that prohibit certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic and related forms of discrimination in federally funded programs and activities. The publication marks the first time

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