Young Women Earn More than Young Men in Big Cities
August 09, 2007—Young women who work full-time in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and Minneapolis earn more in wages than their male counterparts, the New York Times reports.
Dept. of Labor Says Company Owes $2M in OT
December 20, 2006—The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit accusing Rife Industrial Marine in Texas of misclassifying workers as independent contractors.
Dept. of Labor Says Katrina Cleanup Contractor Misclassified Workers
August 31, 2006—The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against Benitez Drywall LLC, a Houston-based drywall company, and its owners, accusing them of regularly misclassifying employees as independent contractors and failing to pay overtime.
Nurses Say Hospitals Conspired to Depress Pay
June 21, 2006—Nurses in four cities have filed class-action lawsuits accusing hospitals of conspiring to keep nurses' wages at artificially low levels, the New York Times reports.
Shell Settles ERISA Suit for $90M
July 21, 2005—The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by U.S. employees who are enrolled in company retirement plans.
Grocery Chain Settles Overtime Investigation
January 14, 2005—Hong Kong Market, a retail grocery chain in Houston, has agreed to pay $161,509
to 119 current and former employees after a Department of Labor investigation
into the company's compliance with overtime law.
Wage & Hour Complaints and Investigations—News—Texas
Janitorial Firm Pays $1.9M in Back Wages
August 31, 2004—A company that employs janitors who clean Target stores in California, Arizona,
Nevada, Texas, and New Mexico has agreed to pay $1.9 million in back wages
to 775 employees to settle allegations that the company violated the overtime
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Houston, We Have a Pension Problem
March 15, 2004—Citing projections of a $1.5 billion pension shortfall over the next 18 years, the mayor of Houston is asking voters to give him permission to opt out of Proposition 15, the recently adopted Texas initiative which says no city can
reduce or impair pension benefits that have already been accrued by vested employees and retirees.
Deductions for Uniforms to Cost Mexican Restaurant
December 11, 2003—Investigators from the Department of Labor say that a Galveston, Texas, restaurant failed to properly pay its employees the minimum wage because of deductions made for uniforms.
