The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against two Sacramento-based firms
the department says violated the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards
Act, seeking $3.1 million in unpaid wages, damages, and interest for 31 employees.
The owner of fourteen northern Indiana and Illinois Dunkin Donuts and Baskin
Robbins Ice Cream franchises has agreed to pay 213 low-wage workers $540,912
in back wages after the Department of Labor accused the stores of violating
the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed court petitions to recover $100,000 in back wages on behalf of 13 employees of a restaurant in Raymore, Missouri.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) enacted significant changes to the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA) last August. DOL officials thought that the revisions
would bring clarification to the regulations, make it easier for employers to
comply, and cut down on the number of employee-initiated lawsuits under the
FLSA.
Humana Inc., a Louisville, Kentucky-based health insurance provider with about 13,000 employees nationwide, has agreed to pay more than $1 million in back wages to 2,510 employees for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
New Hanover Regional Medical Center has paid more than $1,336,000 in back wages
to more than 3,400 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor accused the
Wilmington, North Carolina, hospital of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Denver-based Apartment Investment and Management Company has paid $730,043
to 319 employees nationwide after a self-audit revealed Fair Labor Standards
Act violations, including maintenance employees being paid compensatory time
rather than overtime wages, according to the Department of Labor.
A federal judge has decided that Farmers Insurance Group must pay $52.5 million
to about 1,000 claims adjusters who alleged the company misclassified them as
exempt from overtime, Bloomberg News reports.
