Massachusetts design/build operation pays $832K in back wages
Department of labor says Triad Associates of Haverhill, Mass., failed to comply with H-2B guest worker program and comply with Fair Labor Standards. read more
Nevada landscaper fined for overtime pay violations
Alleged federal overtime pay violations by a Nevada landscaper garner a fine and forced backpay recovery through the U.S. Department of Labor. read more
Withheld overtime pay puts New Jersey landscaper in hot water
A New Jersey landscaper must repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in withheld overtime pay to its employees, a federal court rules. read more
Guest Post: DOL OT rule will not go into effect Dec. 1
On Nov. 22, a federal judge blocked the Department of Labor (DOL) rule extending overtime eligibility to millions of American workers. The new rule was set to go into effect Dec. 1. In a preliminary injunction, the judge said the DOL didn’t have the authority to automatically update the minimum salary for exempt employees to $47,476 up from $23,660. While... read more
Government Affairs: Will proposed OT regs affect you?
New regulations proposed by the federal Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division could ratchet up your labor costs and make audits of your payroll records potentially even more expensive. Employees who are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) now must meet three criteria:they must be paid a salary; that salary must be more than... read more
Landscape owner arrested for not paying workers
Richard Orvieto, owner and operator of the landscaping company Double “O” Landscaping, was arrested in Suffolk County, N.Y. The owner and company are charged with failing to pay more than $13,000 in wages to three former employees and with defrauding the state unemployment insurance system of almost $12,000 by paying wages in cash off-the-books and thereby failing to pay required... read more
