Each month, the United States Department of Labor (US DOL or DOL) issue violations and settles cases covering the federal laws they are responsible for enforcing. These federal laws include:
Below is a list of violations and settlements issued by the DOL from January 1 to 15, 2025.
FLSA Violations and Settlements
- Arizona: Phoenix drywall, painting contractor must pay more than $7.4M in wages, damages after deliberately denying overtime to over 1,400 employees
- Illinois: US Department of Labor recovers $60K in back wages, damages for 10 Chicago sanitation workers denied overtime pay
- Louisiana: Department of Labor recovers $844K in back wages, damages for 158 workers illegally deprived of overtime wages by Louisiana home care providers
- Louisiana: US Department of Labor recovers $446K in back wages, damages from 2 Louisiana home care providers for 88 misclassified workers
- Louisiana: US Department of Labor recovers $319K in back wages for 49 workers misclassified as independent contractors by Louisiana landscaping company
- Massachusetts: US Department of Labor secures consent judgment recovering $63K in back wages, liquidated damages from Subway franchisee for workers at 6 Massachusetts locations
- Oklahoma: Department of Labor obtains judgment to recover $66K in wages, damages for 13 workers denied tips, overtime wages by Oklahoma restaurant operator
- Tennessee: Department of Labor secures agreement from cleaning contractor to pay penalties, take steps to prevent dangerous child labor employment
