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Plaintiffs withdrew their Supreme Court petition in Pizarro v. Home Depot following DOL's reversal on burden of proof. The case involved a $9B 401(k) plan and a circuit split on whether employers or employees must prove loss causation in ERISA fiduciary breach cases.
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Two Boise restaurants paid $366,261 in back wages to 388 workers plus $47,282 in penalties after illegally including managers in tip pools, deducting uniform costs, and miscalculating overtime under federal labor law.
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Labor Department awards nearly $14M to train next generation of shipbuilders through partnerships with South Korea and Finland, addressing critical workforce gaps as U.S. shipbuilding capacity lags 230 times behind China.
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Fort Worth-based Balkan Express LLC violated federal whistleblower law by terminating a driver who reported safety concerns. OSHA ordered reinstatement and over $100,000 in compensation under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.
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NLRB's Region 19 dismissed representation by Teamsters Local #223 seeking to replace the incumbent union at Hollywood Impress Printing & Mailing Services.
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The NLRB Regional Director ruled that a new election can proceed for quality assurance employees who voted under challenge in a prior election but were explicitly neither included nor excluded from the certified bargaining unit, finding no violation of Section 9(c)(3)'s 12-month election bar.
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The Department of Labor recovered $259 million in back wages for 177,000 workers in fiscal year 2025—the highest recovery since 2019—while implementing significant changes to enforcement priorities and staffing levels.
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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.