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A federal court ordered Phoenix-based Collum Roofing Inc. to pay $147,708 in back wages and liquidated damages to 61 workers after a DOL investigation found the company willfully violated federal overtime laws by paying piece rates without proper overtime compensation from 2021 through 2024.
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A federal court ordered Lion Farms LLC to pay $128,899 in penalties and back wages following a February 2024 crash that killed seven farmworkers.
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A federal court ordered Innovative Wall Systems Inc. (Alta Drywall) to pay $790,000 in back wages, damages, and penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the Escondido-based drywall contractor failed to pay minimum wage and overtime to 580 workers.
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An NLRB Administrative Law Judge dismissed a complaint against WAPO, ruling that a 1989 settlement agreement and subsequent bargaining history established a "clear and unmistakable waiver" by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild of its right to name-linked salary information for employees.
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In CCI Industrial Services, LLC (Case 19-RD-375698), NLRB Regional Director Ronald K. Hooks dismissed an employee's decertification petition because insufficient time had elapsed for meaningful collective bargaining following an October 2024 settlement agreement.
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced $145 million in funding through a pay-for-performance model to expand Registered Apprenticeships nationwide, supporting the administration's goal of reaching one million active apprentices.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued six opinion letters addressing questions about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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ALJ Mara-Louise Anzalone ruled that ExxonMobil violated federal labor law by failing to provide or delaying responses to 38 of 42 information requests from United Steelworkers Local 13-2001 at its Baytown, Texas refinery complex between October 2021 and March 2023.
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An NLRB ALJ ruled that Trinity Health-Michigan violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from SEIU Healthcare Michigan based on a decertification petition signed by employees during the union's protected certification year, even though the employer acted after that year ended.
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An NLRB Administrative Law Judge ruled that Hoffmann Brothers Heating and Air Conditioning violated federal labor law by maintaining overly broad confidentiality provisions that restricted employees' rights to discuss wages and share contact information with unions
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An NLRB ALJ ruled that Accurate Metal Fabricating violated federal labor law by entering into a new agreement with a union while a representation election was pending, after consolidating two facilities that obliterated the historical bargaining units.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration expanded its Delinquent Filer Voluntary Compliance Program on December 31, 2025, to include Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs) that failed to file required Form M-1 reports.