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A federal labor judge ruled that RJ Staab Stone Company illegally fired, shorted, and delayed wages for an employee who raised pay complaints and helped organize a union, ordering reinstatement and full back pay.
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The DOL proposed a rule on April 22, 2026 to establish a single national standard for determining joint employer status under federal wage and hour laws, aiming to reduce legal inconsistency and compliance confusion.
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The U.S. DOL is searching for 204 current or former Puerto Rico Police Department officers owed $128,704 in back wages stemming from a 2016 federal court order over FLSA overtime violations from 2010–2014.
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An NLRB judge ruled a Pennsylvania restaurant illegally fired a server for discussing wages and tips, ordering reinstatement, backpay, and rescission of its no-wage-discussion policy. Decision issued April 21, 2026.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division announced free virtual seminars on prevailing wage compliance for federal contractors, scheduled for May 20-21 and September 23-24, 2026.
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The U.S. Dept. of Labor recovered nearly $64K for 8 Austin restaurant workers after Beto's Restaurant and Bar failed to pay overtime and illegally docked wages from tipped employees.
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An NLRB administrative law judge ruled that ASARCO LLC committed multiple post-strike labor violations but found the 2019 walkout was an economic strike, not one caused by the company's misconduct, limiting the remedies available to hundreds of workers.
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An NLRB judge ruled that two Optum-affiliated California medical groups violated federal labor law by mass-terminating 10 newly unionized hospitalists and later withdrawing union recognition without bargaining either time.
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The NLRB ruled that Red Roof Plus unlawfully fired a San Antonio employee for advising coworkers about COVID risks and workplace rights, ordering reinstatement and full make-whole relief.
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A union won a 2024 election at Dold Foods in Wichita, KS, but the NLRB ordered a rerun after finding Spanish and Swahili sample ballots were critically flawed and no translators were provided to workers.
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The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $30,442 from the University of Tennessee after investigators found the university forced an auditor on approved medical leave to resign or face termination, a direct violation of federal law.
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OSHA cited Huntsville's Breland Homes Inc. with 8 serious violations and $115,855 in proposed penalties following a December 2025 trench collapse that killed 45-year-old Enrique Chub-Cao.