A grocery chain with stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire has recently agreed to rectify purported hazards and work towards enhancing safety and health procedures for all of its employees, as well as paying a total of 400,000 dollars in fines. This was in response to litigation brought against DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc., by the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 1, 2012
An employer at a law firm was paying his employees in cash whenever possible, and they would endorse an unsigned paycheck as receipt. One woman refused to sign, stating – later in court – that she needed a signed check for government financial assistance. She was terminated for noncompliance, and a lawsuit followed. When employees [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Explore General, Inc., a now-defunct construction company based in Fresno, CA, has been ordered to restore over 500,000 dollars to the company’s 401(k) profit-sharing retirement plan. The judgment and order, which were entered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, also pertain to the man who was owner and president of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has reported finding substantial violations of minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions in the Massachusetts restaurant industry. The division’s Boston District Office has discovered 1,307,808 dollars in back wages that are due to 478 workers in various establishments. The ongoing investigation is currently in the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 29, 2012
FedEx recently agreed to a settlement of three million dollars to resolve charges of hiring discrimination from federal contractors, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. and FedEx SmartPost, Inc. The conciliation agreement was the result of compliance reviews held by officers of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The reviews [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 22, 2012
Federal government contractor NCS Pearson, Inc., based in Iowa City, IA, has agreed to pay 100,000 dollars in back wages and interest as part of a settlement involving allegations of hiring discrimination. The agreement stems from an investigation initiated by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The OFCCP [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 14, 2012
A Georgia-based company has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to immediately reinstate and pay over 190,000 dollars to a terminated truck driver in Sauk Village, IL. The driver, who worked for Interline Logistics Group LLC, made a report concerning safety with regard to his truck’s brakes. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 28, 2012
A recent court appeal examined the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): more specifically, if a person requests leave before he/she is eligible, for a time when eligibility will be in place, is that person entitled to the same protection? A woman worked at a Pompano Beach, FL, facility for Brookdale Senior Living Communities. Eight [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against a construction company for misappropriation of funds from a 401(k) plan. Allegedly more than 775,000 dollars was lost from the employees’ retirement benefits. The company in question was Dynasty Construction, Inc., based in Bethesda, MD, which ceased operations in 2007. The company’s 401(k) plan [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced proposed changes to military FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act). The DOL issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would expand family leave for those in the military, as well as instigate a special eligibility provision for airline flight crew employees. The FMLA, signed into law in [...]
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