Wage & Hour Complaints and Investigations—News—Louisiana
Firms to Pay Nearly $1M to Hurricane Katrina Workers
September 20, 2007—L & R Security Inc. and HKA Enterprises Inc. have agreed to pay a total of $941,537 in back wages to 382 current and former security guards and debris removal workers.
Firm Pays Back Wages to Post-Katrina Guards
October 23, 2006—Corporate Security Solutions Inc., a security guard service company, has paid $375,754 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division accused the company of failing to compensate its security guards the required prevailing wage rate or appropriate overtime.
Guest Workers Hired After Katrina Sue Hotel Chain in New Orleans
August 22, 2006—Eighty-two Latin American workers who came to work in the United States after Hurricane Katrina have filed a lawsuit accusing Decatur Hotels in New Orleans and the company's president, Patrick Quinn III, of exploiting them and violating the Fair Labor Standards Act.
More Katrina Clean-up Workers Receive Back Wages
May 01, 2006—A company that has a federal service contract to clean up debris caused by Hurricane Katrina has paid $25,163 in back wages to 153 employees after the Department of Labor accused the company of failing to pay required fringe benefits.
Dept. of Labor Says Company Shortchanged Katrina Cleanup Workers
April 11, 2006—AJA Technical and Management Services has paid $48,035 in overtime back wages to 33 employees after the Department of Labor accused the company of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by using an incorrect calculation for overtime pay.
Wage & Hour Violations Targeted in Areas Hit by Katrina
April 05, 2006—The U.S. Department of Labor has joined the U.S. Department of Justice's Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force, saying it will enable better coordination and prosecution of violations of wage and hour laws.
Hurricane Katrina Clean-Up Workers Receive Back Wages
January 26, 2006—More than 100 Hurricane Katrina clean-up workers will receive $141,887 in back wages the U.S. Labor Department recovered after accusing a contractor of failing to pay prevailing wages and overtime compensation.
Bush Suspends Prevailing-Wage Law in Katrina Zone
September 12, 2005—The Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal contractors to pay the prevailing or average pay in the region, has been suspended in the Hurricane Katrina-damaged areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi by President Bush.
Wage & Hour Complaints and Investigations—News—Louisiana
Divers Find $176K in Back Pay
February 11, 2004—Bisso Marine Co. Inc. in New Orleans has paid $176,724 in back overtime wages
to 25 current and former divers after U.S. Department of Labor investigators
the said they found the company failed to pay the appropriate overtime wages
as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
