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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.s. Department of Labor Fines Pennsylvania Construction Company $208,560 for Exposing Employees to Trenching Hazards
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Etna Construction Inc. – based in Warminster, Pennsylvania – for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a worksite in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company faces $208,560 in penalties. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.s. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Pennsylvania Healthcare Provider Paying $39,704 in Back Wages, Damages to 92 Employees
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America – a continuing care retirement community based in Ligonier, Pennsylvania – paid $39,704 in back wages and liquidated damages to 92 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Pennsylvania Restaurants to Pay $1 Million in Back Wages, Damages, and Penalties Following U.S. Department of Labor Investigation
Two Philadelphia restaurants, J.H.S.K, Inc. and Osaka Japan Restaurant, Inc., both doing business as Osaka, and their owner, have agreed to a consent judgment ordering them to pay $935,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 201 employees for willful violations of the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employers must also pay a $65,000 civil money penalty. -
Case involving EMS service suing over unfiled unemployment fund documents is dismissed
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia-based paratransit services who say the state financially penalized them due to the alleged failure of a human resources firm to file unemployment compensation fund documents have seen their case dismissed. -
U.S. claims Harrisburg's Velter Products owes over $44,000 in labor fines
HARRISBURG — The United States of America is suing Velter Products Inc., a Pennsylvania company, citing alleged breach of contract. -
Labor Dept. alleged to have violated FOIA
WILLIAMSPORT — A man is suing the U.S. Department of Labor, citing an alleged Freedom of Information Act violation. -
Philly ambulance companies say New Jersey firm didn't file unemployment compensation documents
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of Philadelphia-based paratransit services say a New Jersey human resources firm failed to file unemployment compensation fund documents, leaving them to be financially penalized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. -
Former IHOP Employee Wins $15K In Wage Case
Wyomissing IHOP to pay out former employee for not paying overtime -
Department of Labor wins damages in sushi restaurant case, settlement conference to be held
PHILADELPHIA – Senior Judge Michael Baylson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the U.S. Department of Labor's request for liquidated damages in a case regarding violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act allegedly committed by some Pennsylvania Japanese restaurants, according to a July 12 opinion. -
Fired over not using Baden school radios, janitor can't collect unemployment
A woman fired from her job as a janitor for a Pennsylvania school lost her appeal of a decision to deny her unemployment claim due to willful misconduct. -
U.S. Department of Labor alleges that East Penn Manufacturing Company Inc. failed to properly pay employees
The U.S. Department of Labor is suing East Penn Manufacturing Company Inc. for allegedly paying hourly employees a fixed number of hours per day. -
Labor secretary alleges Reading day care center failed to pay overtime, minimum wage
ALLENTOWN – A Reading day care center and preschool is alleged to have failed to properly pay its employees. -
In Pennsylvania, you can drive an Uber while still collecting unemployment
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a ruling of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review that denied benefits to a former behavioral specialist who took on work as an Uber driver, according to a Jan. 24 opinion. -
IHOP server alleges she was terminated in retaliation for PDLI complaint
ALLENTOWN – A Reading woman alleges she was terminated in retaliation of reporting the pay practices of her former employer to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. -
Three Pennsylvania restaurants cited by labor secretary for alleged FLSA violations
PHILADELPHIA – Three restaurants and their owners are alleged to have failed to pay employees a minimum wage or overtime premiums. -
Scranton sole practitioner has to pay unemployment taxes, Commonwealth Court decides
HARRISBURG – A self-employed attorney who is the only shareholder of his Scranton law firm is required to pay unemployment compensation taxes, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled on Thursday. -
U.S. labor secretary alleges Nonno's Pizza and Family Restaurant failed to pay overtime wages
PHILADELPHIA – A restaurant with a registered office in Moosic is alleged to have failed to pay its employees the correct overtime rate. -
Former worker at Levittown hotel alleges he was terminated over overtime complaints
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges he was terminated in retaliation over his complaints of not receiving overtime pay. -
Labor secretary claims Talula's Garden failed to pay overtime rate to employees
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia restaurant is alleged to have failed to pay the correct overtime rate to employees for a period of almost two years. -
Labor secretary alleges Heart II Heart LLC failed to pay employees overtime
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh company is alleged to have failed to pay employees for all hours worked.