2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998
REGIONAL PRESS RELEASES

Atlanta

Boston

Chicago

Dallas

Denver

Kansas City

New York

Philadelphia

San Francisco

Seattle

Atlanta Region

• U.S. Department of Labor Offers Free Seminars to Mississippi Preschool and Day Care Operators[11/12/03]

• John L. McKeon Named Regional Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division in Atlanta [10/21/03]

• South Carolinian Named to High Labor Post - Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Appoints Al Robinson as Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division [10/21/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Recovers Over $223,000 in Back Wages for Chiquola Fabrics Employees - New York Bank Agrees to Pay After Agency posts "Hot Goods" Notice [9/16/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Investigation Results In More Than $660,000 In Back Wages for East Tennessee Restaurant Workers - 236 La Carreta Mexican Restaurant Workers Get $662,286 [8/26/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Secures More Than $41,000 In Overtime Back Wages for Car Wash Workers [8/11/03]

• U. S. Labor Department Fines Atlanta-area Company [8/11/03]

• U.S. Labor Department, Consulate of Mexico Launch Campaign to Assist Orlando's Latino Workers [06/17/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Cites Jacksonville McDonald's Restaurant Operator for Child Labor Law Violations - Agency Issues Fines Totaling $12,195 [06/02/03]

• U.S. Labor Department, South Florida Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice Establish Partnership to Help Low-wage Workers [05/06/03]
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• Labor Department Reminds Employers And Teen Workers And Parents About "YouthRules!" [05/06/03]

• Saltillo, Miss., Supermarket Assessed Over $22,000 in Child Labor Law Penalties [04/25/03]

• Labor Department Cites Conditions at Hardee County Migrant Housing; Urges Farm Labor Contractor's Certificate be Revoked Agency Issues Civil Money Penalties Totaling $25,900 [04/08/03]

• Labor Department and Mercedes-Benz Reach Agreement on Back Wages for Vance, Ala., Paint Department Employees [04/02/03]

• Central Florida Melon Workers' Transportation, Housing and Wages To Be Focus of U.S. Department of Labor Initiative [03/24/03]

• Miami Nursing Service Pays Over $55,000 in Back Wages [03/24/03]

• Oxford, Miss., Employer Agrees to Pay Over $177,000 in Back Wages to 81 Employees [03/17/03]

• Miss. Farm Fined More Than $11,000 For Child Labor Violations [12/06/02]

• Birmingham Supermarket Fined over $39,000 for Federal Child Labor Violations [08/05/02]

• Labor Department Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Memphis Company [06/11/02]

• OPA Press Release: Coca-Cola Agrees To Pay $4.2 Million In Back Wages; Agrees To Cooperate With U.S. Labor Department [05/24/2002]

• Mississippi Employers Agree to Pay Nearly $22,000, Serve 18 Months Probation in Back Wage Case [05/14/02]

• Memphis Company Pays Back Wages After U.S. Labor Department Prevents Shipment of "Hot Goods" [04/09/02]

• University Of Tennessee Presents Award To Nashville Wage And Hour Office [11/09/01]

• Miami, Fla., To Be Site Of Federal Town Hall Meeting [04/05/01]

• Labor Department Fines Roofing Company $34,000 Following Teen Worker's Death [02/14/01]

• Alamo's Miami Facility To Pay $120,000 In Eeo Agreement With U.S. Labor Department [01/03/01]

• Sanders Appointed Knoxville Assistant District Director For U.S. Labor Department's Wage And Hour Division [11/22/00]

• Merchant Named Nashville District Director For U.S. Labor Department's Wage And Hour Division [11/20/00]

• Opp, Alabama., Manufacturer Pays More Than $75,000 in Back Wages [11/14/00]

• Campbell Named Raleigh, N.C., District Director For U.S. Labor Department's Wage And Hour Division [11/13/00]

• U.S. Department Of Labor Workers Pay Nearly $163,000 In Back Wages [08/23/00]

• Birmingham Contractor Fined $10,000 for Child Labor Violations [08/23/00]

• Farm Labor Contractor Sentenced to a Year in Prison [08/08/00]

• Connecticut Employer Ordered To Pay Employees $17,670 In Back Wages And Liquidated Damages For Federal Wage And Hour Violations [7/31/00]

• Rome, Ga., To Be Site Of Federal Town Hall Meeting [06/12/00]

• Equal Employment Seminar To Be Held In Savannah May 18 [05/14/00]

• East Hartford, Connecticut Employers Ordered To Pay Employees $72,000 In Back Wages And Liquidated Damages For Federal Wage And Hour Law Violations [4/25/00]

• Asheville, N.C., To Be Site Of Federal Town Hall Meeting [04/18/00]

Boston Region

• Springfield, Mass.-Area Dunkin Donut Shop Chains Agree to Employ Youth in Compliance, Pay Over $100,000 in Penalties to Resolve U.S. Labor Dept. Lawsuit [09/27/03]

• Hyde Park, Mass., Rest Home Sued by U.S. Labor Department for Federal Overtime Law Violations [09/10/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Sues Rhode Island Restaurant Chain For Violating Federal Overtime & Youth Employment Laws [08/12/03]

• Provincetown, Mass., Employers Agree to Pay 69 Employees Over $65,000 in Back Wages Following U.S. Department of Labor Investigation [07/08/03]

• New Bedford, Mass., Restaurant Agrees to Pay $130,000 in Back Wages and Penalties [06/26/03]

• Federal Appeals Court Orders Back Wages for Low-Wage Long Island Workers; U.S. Labor Department Wins Over $236,000 for Employees of Vidtape, Inc. " [06/17/03]

• Labor Department Reminds Employers, Teen Workers And Parents About "YouthRules!" [05/21/03]

• Burlington, Mass., Restaurant Chain Ordered to Pay Employees Over $43,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Dept. Lawsuit [04/17/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Fines Plainview, N.Y. Placement Firm $120,000 for Illegal Treatment of Foreign Teachers Teachers Placement Group also owes over $187,000 in back wages [02/05/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Sues New Bedford, Mass., Restaurant for Child Labor and Overtime Law Violations [01/24/03]

• Lockport, New York, Employer Fined Over $24,000 for Federal Child Labor Violations [01/14/03]

• U.S. Labor Dept. Recovers $220,000 in Back Wages for Low Wage Produce Workers in Connecticut and New York[11/27/02

• Massachusetts Employer Ordered To Pay For Overtime Law Violations Company Owes Over $50,000 In Back Wages To Employees [11/26/01]

• Notice To New England Farm Workers And Growers Labor Department To Hold Annual Public Meeting On Laws And Programs Affecting Farm Employment, In Windsor, Conn., Aug. 2 [07/31/01]

• Massachusetts General Hospital Agrees To Pay Almost $119,000 In Back Wages To 92 Respiratory Therapists For Uncompensated Overtime Work [06/19/01]

• Federal And State Agencies Forge Partnership To Help Insure Safe Work Experiences For Young Workers In Connecticut [05/16/01]

• Federal And State Agencies Forge Partnership To Help Insure Safe Work Experiences For Young Workers In Rhode Island [05/16/01]

• Ocean State Construction Contractors Invited To Participate In Survey To Determine Federal Prevailing Wage For Rhode Island [04/26/01]

• Bedford, New Hampshire, Employer Will Pay Back Wages For Federal Wage And Hour Violations [03/14/01]

• Five Eastern Massachusetts Employers Found In Violation Of Federal Laws Which Allow Companies To Hire Foreign Workers; Required To Pay Over $173,000 In Back Wages [3/30/00]

• Westwood, Massachusetts, Company Agrees To Pay 649 Employees Over $246,000 In Back Wages For Federal Overtime Violations; Also Agrees To Pay Fines To U.S. Labor Dept. For Child Labor Violations [2/28/00]

• Johnston, Rhode Island, Employers Ordered To Pay Employees $75,000 In Back Wages &Amp; Damages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations; Also Agree To Pay $15,000 In Penalties To U.S. Labor Department [2/14/00]

• Boston Restaurant Company Ordered To Pay Workers Over $76,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage-Hour Law Violations; Also Agrees To Pay $40,000 In Penalties [12/9/99]

• U.S. Labor Department Reaches Settlement With Cherryfield Foods, Inc., On Migrant Labor Camp [9/22/99]

• Massachusetts Employer Ordered To Pay $52,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations [9/8/99]

• Massachusetts Employer Ordered To Pay $50,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations [3/11/99]

• Connecticut Employers Ordered To Pay $20,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations [2/1/99]

• Connecticut Employers Ordered To Pay $69,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations [1/27/99]

• Stamford, Connecticut Employer Ordered To Pay Employees Over $27,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations [1/14/99]

• Massachusetts Security Company Pays $25,600 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Violations [12/8/98]

• Massachusetts Garment Manufacturer Pays $23,600 Fine For Child Labor Violations; Minor Injured [10/15/98]

• Waltham, Mass. Employer Ordered To Pay Over $50,000 In Back Wages For Federal Wage &Amp; Hour Law Violations [10/8/98]

• Cohasset, Massachusetts, Lobster Fisherman Ordered To Pay $55,000 For Employing Oppressive Child Labor [09/8/98]

• Labor Department Investigation Reveals Nearly $124,000 In Overtime Wages And Interest Due 95 Employees; Cooperative Medford, Mass., Employer Agrees To Pay [04/28/98]

Chicago Region

• Solon Business Operator And 10 Restaurants Sued By U.S. Labor Department For Unpaid Minimum Wage And Overtime Pay [11/07/03]

• Federal and State Agencies to Help Schools Protect Young Workers [11/03/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Recovers Nearly $1 Million in Back Wages for Illinois Workers at El Rancherito Restaurants [10/22/03]

• UMount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago Agrees To Pay $614,914 in Back Overtime Wages [10/16/03]

• Federal And State Officials To Help Keep Young Michigan Workers Safe [05/19/03]

• Bloomington Lawn Care Business Agrees to Restore $7,000 in Wages Owed to Employees for Overtime Work [04/04/03]

• Lake County Restaurant Agrees to Restore $55,000 in Wages Owed to Employees for Overtime Work [03/24/03]

• Government Reaching Out to Hispanic usinesses on Tuesday, March 11 [03/07/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Announces Settlements with Area Chinese Buffet Style Restaurants [02/13/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Will Help Restaurants In Kane County Protect Young Workers [02/10/03]

• Federal And State Agencies To Help Schools Protect Young Workers - Youthrules! Campaign Launched In Michigan This Month [10/29/02]

• Dutchmen Manufacturing Pays $60,000 In Civil Penalties For Overtime Violations Following Dol Investigation [08/01/01]

• Best Buy Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., Agrees To Pay $5.4 Million To 70,000 Workers For Overtime Pay Violations [07/02/01]

• State , Federal Officials To Help Keep Young Michigan Workers Safe [05/22/01]

• Nine Grocery Stores In The Twin Cities And Rochester, Minn., Areas Agree To Pay $55,300 In Child Labor Fines [05/08/01]

• Ron's Roost, Cincinnati, Fined $18,400 For Child Labor Violations Including One Which Led To The Injury Of A Young Worker [05/01/01]

• Local Adult Care Provider To Pay $23,764.13 In Back Wages And Interest To 56 Employees Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation [04/24/01]

• Detroit Residential Care Homes Pay $77,635 In Back Wages And Fines For Repeat Violations Of Federal Wage-Hour Laws [03/29/01]

• U.S. Labor Department Will Investigate Grocery Stores In Winnebago County, Ill., For Compliance With Wage And Hour Laws [03/26/01]

• The Honeybaked Ham Company Of Ohio Pays $40,500 For Federal Child Labor Violations [02/21/01]

• North Central Food Systems Inc., Cannon Falls, Minn., Pays $18,225 For Child Labor Violations Alleged By U.S. Labor Department [01/03/01]

• U.S. Labor Department Fines Bayport Club Inc., Bayport, Minn., $18,660 For Alleged Child Labor Violations [01/03/01]

• Restaurant Associates Of Cincinnati Inc. And Desili Enterprises Inc. Fined $34,500 For Alleged Child Labor Violations [09/13/00]

• Firm Agrees To Pay $5,613 In Back Wages Unicco Service Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fined $31,800 For Alleged Repeat Overtime Pay Violations [9/11/00]

• U.S. Labor Department Takes Legal Action Against Detroit Property Management Firm For Alleged Violations Of Federal Overtime Pay Laws [6/15/00]

• U.S. Labor Department To Focus Investigations On Dupage County Restaurants During March [3/8/00]

• Underground Contractor And Leasing Company Each Fined $10,000 For Alleged Child Labor Violations In Death Of Young Worker [3/6/00]

• Lattimer's Warehouse Inc., Waynesfield, Ohio, Pays $20,500 Child Labor Penalty After Minor Is Injured On The Job [3/6/00]

• Labor Department Announces Results Of 1999 Amusement Park Business Child Labor Initiative [3/2/00]

• Iusb Continuing Education, U.S. Labor Department Offer Course On Federal Labor Laws [3/2/00]

• Federal Wage-Law Agency Announces Public Availability Schedule [2/22/00]

• Cub Food Stores In Miamisburg And Bellbrook Fined $31,050 For Child Labor Violations [2/17/00]

• Life Time Fitness Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn., Agrees To Pay $102,120 To 286 Workers For Overtime Pay Violations [2/10/00]

• Las Americas Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., Agrees To Pay $373,404 To Resolve Overtime Pay Violations Involving 315 Workers [2/8/00]

• U.S. Labor Department Files Complaint Against Industrial Flooring Firms In Mendelein, Ill., Alleging Wage Violations [1/28/00]

• Northwood Children's Home, Duluth, Minn., Pays $178,178 To Workers For Overtime Pay Violations [10/25/99]

• U.S. Labor Department Reports That Half Of Area Nursing Homes Illegally Underpaid Workers In 1999 [10/5/99]

• U.S. Labor Department Takes Legal Actions Against Dearborn Firms For Repeated Violations Of Federal Overtime Pay Laws [8/10/99]

• 82 Assistant Managers Paid $32,221 In Back Wages; Speed Lube Llc, Highland, Ill., Assessed Civil Money Penalty Of $16,400 For Alleged Repeat Overtime Violations [4/19/99]

• U.S. Labor Department Files Complaint Against Nationwide Warehouse And Storage Inc., Columbus, Ohio, Alleging Wage Violations [2/25/99]

• Neon's Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, Assessed Civil Money Penalty Of $15,000 For Alleged Violations Of Polygraph Law [2/11/99]

• Sterling Heights, Mich., Firm Pays $7,582 In Back Wages To Settle Alleged Immigration Law Violations [1/28/99]

• U.S. Labor Department Files Complaint Against Refuse Transfer Systems Inc., Walton Hills, Ohio, Alleging Wage Violations [11/4/98]

• Labor Department Sues Three Illinois Nursing Homes For Back Wages Following Overtime Pay Violations [9/17/98]

• Gerlach Landscaping &Amp; Grading Inc., Sterling Heights, And Macomb Contracting Corp., St.Clair Shores, Mich., Agree To Pay Back Wages Of $57,257 To 97 Employees For Federal Contract Violations [8/20/98]

• Kopetsky Hauling, Inc., Greenwood, Ind., Agress To Pay $32,616 To Workers For Federal Wage Violations [8/18/98]

• Liberty Building And Maintenance Services Inc., Columbus, Ohio, Pays $2,000 For Overtime Violations [7/23/98]

• Labor Department Seeks Workers Who Are Owed Back Wages In The Cleveland,Canton, Akron Ohio Areas [7/21/98]

• Krantz Realty Inc., Wauwatosa, Wi., Pays $30,000 For Federal Child Labor And Wage Violations [7/16/98]

• Labor Department Seeks Workers Who Are Owed Back Wages In Cincinnati, Middletown And Dayton, Ohio Areas [7/14/98]

• Labor Department Seeks Workers In Chicago Area Who Are Owed Back Wages [7/9/98]

• Five Noble Roman's Restaurants In Indiana Fined 464,625 For Alleged Federal Child Labor Violations [7/6/98]

• White Hen Pantry, Lake Zurich, Ill., Fined $8,300 For Alleged Federal Child Labor Violations [6/24/98]

• Dean Kezios, Chicago, Ill., Pays $4,037 Civil Money Penalty For Repeat Wage Violations [6/22/98]

• Rochester Iga Fined $13,275 For Alleged Child Labor Violations [6/11/98]

• Werner Lembke, Formerly Doing Business As Lembke Trucking, St. Paul Park, Minn.,Agrees To Pay Back Wages Of $41,774 And Ordered Debarred From Federal Contracts For Three Years[5/26/98]

• Elaine's Cleaning Service Inc. Dayton, Ohio., Pays $65,000 To 145 Employees To Resolve Charges Of Alleged Federal Contract Violations [5/15/98]

• Applegate Steel Accused Of Federal Child Labor Violation [5/6/98]

• Steak 'N Shake Restaurants In Ohio And Kentucky Assessed $90,100 Civil Money Penalty For Alleged Federal Child Labor Violations [4/14/98]

• Columbus Window Co. Inc. Ordered To Pay $11,300 In Overtime Back Wages To 60 Employees [1/20/98]

• Labor Department Recovers $116,719 In Back Wages For 160 Employees Of Bel-Wood Nursing Home [1/8/98]

Dallas Region

• U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in $96,054 in Back Wages for Anthony, Texas, Workers [10/28/03]

• Cynthia C. Watson Named Regional Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division in Dallas [10/21/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in $154,189 In Overtime Back Wages for San Antonio Workers [10/01/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Finds New Mexico Onion Grower In Violation of the Child Labor Laws [9/12/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $228,410 in Back Pay for Unpaid Overtime[9/11/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Fines Fast Food Franchise in Las Cruces - Civil Money Penalties Assessed for Youth Employment Violations [9/09/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Sues Mobile Care Chain in Oklahoma to Recover $41,809 in Unpaid Overtime Wages - Company also fined $56,000 for Repeated Wage Violations [9/08/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Recovers $102,298 in Back Pay for Houston and Austin Airport Employees [8/28/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Recovers $177,703 in Back Pay for 87 Workers [8/28/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $126,133 in Back Pay for 898 Employees [8/28/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $131,557 in Back Pay for Houston Restaurant Employees [8/28/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers Back Pay for Restaurant Employees for Unpaid Overtime and Minimum Wage [8/25/03]

• Southwest Museum Services in Houston Agrees to Pay Back Overtime Wages [8/13/03]

• Superior Protection Inc. in Houston Agrees to Pay Back Government Contract Wages [8/11/03]

• Labor Department Finds Six Minors Working in Hazardous Occupations [8/08/03]

• FAMI Staffing in Houston Agrees to Pay Back Overtime Wages [07/28/03]

• Federal Agencies and Partners Launch Asian American Worker Protection Program in Houston July 31 [07/21/03]

• Three Houston Companies Agree to Pay $205,000 in Back Minimum and Overtime Wages - Taquerias Cancun Restaurant to pay $105,000; Variedades Bakery and Restaurant to pay $81,000 and Ayala's Quality Food Products to pay $19,000 [07/18/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Sues Forrest Hill Restaurant in Eureka Springs, Ark. to Recover Back Wages for Employees [06/10/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Sues Royal Soap Co. in Irving, Texas, to Recover $67,934 in Unpaid Wages [06/10/03]

• Labor Department Reminds Employers And Teen Workers And Parents About "YouthRules!" [05/20/03]

• LSU Health Sciences Center to Pay $396,997 in Back Overtime Wages to Workers in Louisiana [03/24/03]

• Labor Department Seeks $43,630 in Unpaid Wages for Employees of Willow City Sign and Rail in Magnolia, Texas [03/21/03]

• Taquerias Mexico Restaurant in Houston Agrees to Pay Back Minimum and Overtime Wages U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $100,900 in Back Pay for 66 Employees [02/07/03]

• GB Foods Inc. in Houston Agrees to Pay Back Overtime Wages U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $100,652 in Back Pay for 119 Employees [02/06/03]

• Houston Wholesale Furniture Company Pays Back Wages and Civil Money Penalties For Misusing Foreign Labor Program [01/14/03]

• Sam's Boat Restaurant in Houston Agrees to Back Wages For Workers Who Had To Share Tips With Managers U.S. Department of Labor Recovers Pay for 48 Employees [01/07/03]

• Labor Department Files Suit Against Simpson Landscape in Plano, Texas [12/12/02]

• Collins and Associates in Dallas to Pay $130,946 in Back Overtime Wages [10/18/02]

• Bo Gray Casing I, Ltd to Pay $242,008 in Back Overtime Wages to Workers in Louisiana and Texas [07/22/02]

• Madden Bolt Inc. in Houston To Pay $185,604 In Back Overtime Wages [06/12/02]

• Losbetos Restaurant in Albuquerque to Pay $133,666 In Back Overtime Wages [05/21/02]

• R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc. to Pay $131,614 in Back Wages for Federal Overtime Violations [05/01/02]

• Texas TransEastern in Pasadena to Pay $142,766 in Back Wages for Federal Overtime Violations [04/09/02]

• Cable Installation Company in Weslaco, Texas, Pays $123,038 in Back Wages [03/11/02]

• Austin Title Co. To Pay $152,736 In Back Overtime Wages [03/11/02]

• Six Flags Pays $85,000 in Penalties for Violating Federal Child Labor Laws; Agrees to Take Steps to Assure Future Compliance [03/08/02]

• U.S. Department Of Labor Targets Nursing Home Facilities [1/19/01]

• Brownsville, Texas, Farmer Fined $13,667 For Violating Labor Law Provisions [2/10/00]

Denver Region

• Precision Cleaning Services of Colorado Pays $409,954 In Back Overtime To 621 Workers In 10 States [04/09/2003]

• Honeywell Technology Solutions In Colorado Springs Pays $239,490 in Back Overtime Wages To Non-exempt Workers [04/08/2003]

• Provo and Orem, Utah Restaurants Targeted for Major Child Labor Educational Effort [03/21/2003]

• T & G Service Company Pays $192,199 In Back Overtime and Minimum Wages To 454 Workers In Fort Morgan [03/12/2003]

• U.S. Department of Labor Fines Kaysville, Utah Restaurant For Federal Child Labor Violations [01/23/2003]

• Esa Press Release: Colorado-Based Einstein Brothers Bagels Agrees To Pay $495,930 In Back Overtime Wages To Employees In 27 States [9/25/2002]

• U.S. Labor Department Files Complaint Against Two Salt Lake City Security Firms For Alleged Overtime Violations [07/22/02]

• Layton, Utah Restaurants Targeted for Major Child Labor Educational Effort [03/18/02]

Kansas City Region

• Two Missouri Restaurants Pay Back Wages to Workers Agreement to Comply with Federal Law in the Future [10/22/03]

• Kansas Restaurant Chain Pays Back Wages and Resolves Federal Lawsuit [10/03/03]

• Ice Manufacturer Cited For Alleged Child Labor Violations [07/30/02]

• Three Wichita Dairy Queen Locations Cited for Alleged Child Labor Violations [03/28/00]

• White's Foodliner Iga Pays $13,071 In Penalties for Alleged Child Labor Violations [06/25/96]

• Country Kitchen Restaurants in Nebraska Cited For Alleged Child Labor Violations [06/17/96]

• Bergan Mercy Health System Pays Penalty for Alleged Overtime Violations [6/14/96]

• U.S. Labor Department Holds $21,713 in Back Wages for Nebraska Workers [05/07/96]

New York Region

• New Jersey Wholesale Florist Fined After Fatal Accident Involving Migrant Farmworkers [11/04/03]

• Zappala Farms Agrees to Pay Penalty to U.S. Labor Department to Resolve Migrant Farm Workers Fatality Case [11/04/03]

• Ithaca Nursing Home Agrees to Pay Employees Over $59,000 in Back Wages, Interest and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [10/21/03]

• Lindenhurst, New York, Rest Home Operator Agrees to Pay Employees $50,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit [08/12/03]

• Huntington Station Garbage Hauling Companies Complete Payment of $950,000 in Overtime Back Wages, Penalties and Interest for Federal Wage & Hour Law Violations [07/07/03]

• Labor U.S. Department of Labor Sues Bronx Assisted Living Health Care Facility for Willful Overtime Wage Violations [04/07/2003]

• Labor Department Files Charges Of Retaliation Against Danmar Finishing Corp. [06/17/2002]

• Opa Press Release: U.S. Department Of Labor Sues Brooklyn Garment Shop For Wage Violations [05/01/2002]

• Opa Press Release: Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Increased Compliance In Garment Industry Compliance Assistance Seen As Effective Tool To Improve Working Conditions [03/28/2002]

• State Of New Jersey Agrees To Pay $254,276 In Overtime And Interest To 66 State Agency Employees [07/27/01]

• State Of New York Agrees To Pay More Than $4 Million In Overtime And Interest Owed To 350 Employees Of Environmental Conservation Department [06/22/01]

• Hicksville, N.Y. Wholesaler Ordered To Pay $991,668 In Overtime Pay And Damages To 111 Workers [06/14/01]

• State And Federal Labor Departments To Hold Child Labor Seminar In Chautauqua, New York [05/03/01]

• State and Federal Labor Departments to Hold Child Labor Seminar in Chautauqua, New York [04/30/01]

• Oakhurst, New Jersey, Construction Contractor, Subcontractors Barred From Federal Contracts for Violating Prevailing-Wage Laws: 60 Workers Getting $192,924 Back Wages [12/27/00]

• New Jersey Garment-Sewing Shops Re-Inspected By U.S. Labor Department; More Than Half Still Violating Minimum Wage And Overtime Law [10/16/00]

• Chinatown Garment Operators Sentenced For Making False Statements To Federal Investigators [9/7/00]

• Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico, Trucking Firm Ordered to Pay $836,000 In Federal Overtime Case; Paid on Per-Trip Basis, Drivers Earned Less Than Minimum Wage [08/22/00]

• Twelve-Year-Old's Arm Severed in Webster, New York Cider Mill Accident [08/22/00]

• State, Federal Officials To Help Keep Young Workers Safe In New Jersey [5/10/00]

• Hudson Valley Mall And Galleria At Crystal Run Join Forces With Federal Government To Combat Child Labor Violations [4/3/00]

• Huntington Station, New York Garbage Hauling Companies Ordered To Pay $800,000 In Overtime And Civil Money Penalties Under The Fair Labor Standards Act [3/27/00]

• Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico, Trucking Firm Ordered To Pay $836,000 In Federal Overtime Case; Paid On Per-Trip Basis, Drivers Earned Less Than Minimum Wage [3/8/00]

• Staten Island, New York, Laundry Ordered To Pay $127,184 In Back Wages And Civil Penalties For Violating Federal Overtime Law [2/4/00]

• Twelve-Year-Old's Arm Severed In Webster, New York Cider Mill Accident [01/28/00]

• U.S. Labor Department Recovers More Than $100,000 for Garment Workers in Brooklyn's Sunset Park Factories [07/06/99]

Philadelphia Region

• U.S. Labor Department Sues S3 LTD For Breach of Service Contract; Nearly $2 Million Sought For Unpaid Fringe Benefits [08/12/03]

• Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - Apr. 26 Declared YouthRules! Day In Philadelphia [04/17/03]

• Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer -
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• Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer (NJ Rally) [04/17/03]

• Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer (PA Rally) [04/17/03]

• Richmond Day Care Centers Ordered To Pay Overtime [03/19/03]

• Labor Department Issues Penalties To Farmer For Deplorable Living Conditions For Migrant Workers [02/10/03]

• ESA Press Release: Labor Department Sanctions Baltimore Company for Violating Equal Opportunity Agreement [01/07/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Fines Wrightstown, NJ Farmer and Farm Labor Contractor Who Employed Migrant Workers Killed In Tragic Burlington County Accident - Penalties Total $48,000 [01/07/03]

• New Haven, W.Va. Manufacturer Pays More Than $170,000 in Back Wages After U.S. Labor Department Legal Actions [07/25/02]

• Eastern Associated Coal Corporation Agrees To Rehire Miner And Comply with the Family And Medical Leave Act [05/02/02]

• Verona, N.J. Maintenance Company Agrees to Pay Workers Nearly $174,000 in Back Wages for Federal Labor Law Violations [04/09/02]

• Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Black Lung Office Moves To New Location [03/07/02]

• U.S. Labor Department Fines Dayton Lumber Company $8,500 For Alleged Child Labor Violations After Young Worker Suffers Permanent Injury [02/05/01]

• U.S. Department Of Labor Secures More Than $650,000 In Back Wages For Ecs Financial Management Services Employees [12/21/00]

• Better Buildings, Inc. Fined $18,625 For Federal Child Labor Violations Involving Young Children [11/28/00]

• U.S. Labor Department Assesses More Than $130,000 In Fines After Multi-County Child Labor Strike Force In Pennsylvania And West Virginia [09/08/00]

• Philadelphia Restaurant Owner To Pay $36,000 In Back Wages And Civil Money Penalties [08/14/00]

• U.S. Labor Department To Focus On Child Labor In Five-County Area [04/13/00]

• Labor Department Seeks Missing Workers Owed Over $95,000 In Back Wages [03/15/00]

• Clougherty Appointed Head Of Pittsburgh Wage And Hour Division Office [01/20/00]

• Fredericksburg, Pa Company To Pay Back Wages After Labor Department Investigation [12/22/99]

• Wage And Hour Division Announces Findings From Hotel/Motel Strike Force In Philadelphia Area [10/7/98]

• Wage And Hour Division Targets Temporary Help Firms In Charleston, West Virginia [10/7/98]

• Wage And Hour Division Targets Temporary Help Firms In The Greater Pittsburgh Area [10/7/98]

• Building Contractor Ordered To Pay Back Wages For Davis-Bacon Act Violations [8/7/98]

• Philadelphia Personal Care Center To Pay $42,000 In Back Wages And Civil Money Penalties [8/3/98]

• U.S.Department Of Labor Targeting Companies In West Virginia And Southwestern Virginia For Fair Labor Standards Violations [6/24/98]

• Labor Department's Wage And Hour Division Will Conduct Investigations Of Nursing Homes In The Philadelphia Area [5/21/98]

• Pittsburgh Business Owner Sentenced In Wage Kickback Scheme [3/6/98]

• Home Construction Company To Pay $78,000 In Back Wages And Civil Money Penalties [2/5/98]

San Francisco Region

• Department of Labor Law Suit on Behalf of Arizona Construction Workers Results in $435,000 in Back Pay [11/05/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $300,000 In Unpaid Wages for Hawaiian Construction Workers [10/16/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $95,000 for Truck Drivers [10/09/03]

• U.S. Department of Labor Recovers More Than $62,000 for Fresno Restaurant Workers [10/09/03]

• U.S. Labor Department And Nisei Farmers League Sign Agreement [08/13/03]

• U. S. Labor Department Enforcement Initiative Yields Nearly $400,000 For Saipan Garment Workers [08/12/03]

• Secretary Of Labor Appoints Committee To Review Minimum Wage Rates In American Samoa [06/03/03]

• Two Orange County Companies Pay $197,000 in Back Wages [05/05/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Recovers $1 Million in Overtime Pay from Southland Firm [05/05/03]

• U.S. Labor Department Secures Back Pay for Southland Workers [04/22/03]
  

• U.S. Department of Labor Defends Wages Recovered for Wins Garment Workers [11/18/02]
  

• OPA Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Fines Wins of California and Win Fashion $337,000 for Repeated and Willful Wage Violations [10/09/2002]

• Opa Press Release: U.S. Department Of Labor Sues Brooklyn Garment Shop For Wage Violations [05/01/2002]

• Opa Press Release: Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces Increased Compliance In Garment Industry Compliance Assistance Seen As Effective Tool To Improve Working Conditions [03/28/2002]

• Congress Expands Eligibility For Compensation For Nuclear Workers - Workers At Many California Nuclear Energy Facilities May Be Eligible[12/14/01]

• Oakland Site Of Meeting On The Energy Employees' Occupational Illness Compensation Program [6/11/01]

• Former Longshore Union Official Sentenced In Embezzlement Case [5/25/01]

• Restaurant Chain Fined $66,000 For Federal Child Labor Violations [5/16/01]

• Only One-Third Of Southern California Garment Shops In Compliance With Federal Labor Laws [8/25/00]

• Sweep Of California Vineyards Reveals Labor Violations Remain Common [7/22/00]

• Garment Maker In American Samoa Fined $213,000 For Underpaying Workers [6/22/00]

• Former Officer Of Bloomington Union Sentenced For Embezzling [3/13/00]

• Costa Mesa Roofing Company Must Pay $45,000 In Back Wages, Penalties Of $13,700 [3/13/00]

• Los Angeles Garment Manufacturer Must Pay Back Wages Of $179,006, Civil Penalties Of $10,000 [3/7/00]

• Federal Investigations Of Los Angeles Garment Shops Announced [2/10/00]

• Torrance Retirement Home Operator Must Pay $52,000 Back Wages [1/13/00]

• $171,000 In Back Wages Collected For Workers In Residential Care Facilities [7/27/99]

• Santa Ana Mail Delivery Service Ordered To Pay $100,000 Back Wages--Company Barred From Government Contract Work For Second Time [5/20/99]

• Marin Chinese Restaurant Pays $55,000 Back Wages, Fines To Settle Federal Charges [4/13/99]

• Los Angeles Manufacturer Will Pay $110,000 To Settle Charges Of Underpaying Immigrant Workers [4/5/99]

• Former Hollywood Union Official Sentenced For Embezzling $218,000 [4/5/99]

• Former Hollywood Union Official Charged With Embezzlement [2/23/99]

• U.S. Dept. Of Labor Announces Results Of 1998 Hawaii Health Care Initiative [9/25/98]

• Los Angeles Sewing Shop Ordered To Discontinue Piece Rate Pay --- Federal Court Ruling May Impact How Sewing Workers Are Paid [12/7/98]

• Torrance Elderly Care Home Agrees To Pay $38,000 In Back Wages [12/3/98]

• Grocery Chain Agrees To Pay $650,000 Fine For Child Labor Violations [11/9/98]

• Peninsula Fitness Club Fined For Child Labor Violations [10/21/98]

• U.S. Dept. Of Labor Announces Results Of 1998 Hawaii Health Care Initiative [9/25/98]

• Former Secretary Of Redding Union Sentenced For Embezzling [9/17/98]

• Federal Survey Of State Grape Industry Reveals Underpaid Workers [09/16/98]

• Former Lawndale Union Officals Sentenced For Embezzlement [9/3/98]

• Former Secretary-Treasurer Of Nellis AFB Union Arrested For Embezzling [8/27/98]

• U.S. Labor Department Finds 4-Year Old Among 12 Underage Children Working In Arizona Onion Fields [07/24/98]

• Los Angeles Fast Food Restaurants Pay $40,000 In Back Wages [04/2/98]

Seattle Region

• U.S. Labor Dept., Alaska Join Forces To Keep Young Workers Safe This Summer [07/02/03