Acting Secretary Sonderling statement on May jobs report

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Acting Secretary Sonderling statement on May jobs report WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling issued the following statement regarding the May 2026 Employment Situation Report:“President Trump and this Administration once again produced the best month of job creation since taking office, demolishing economists’ expectations. This Administration is proving the cynics wrong and American workers, families, and businesses are winning.The May Jobs Report overperformed on every level, adding 172,000 jobs and marking the third consecutive month of positive payroll growth. Thanks to President Trump, manufacturing jobs are up 25,000 in 2026 and construction jobs have increased by 71,000 since he took office – a true testament to this Administration’s priorities.Under the President’s leadership, American workers are seeing benefits in real time: rising wages, increased affordability, and over 903,000 private sector jobs added. The Department of Labor remains committe...
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Department of Labor recovers $106K in back wages, damages for 29 workers, finds repeated, willful violations by Guam subcontractor at Base Camp Blaz

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Department of Labor recovers $106K in back wages, damages for 29 workers, finds repeated, willful violations by Guam subcontractor at Base Camp Blaz
DEDEDO, GUAM – The U.S. Department of Labor has debarred a federal subcontractor on Guam from seeking federally funded contracts after the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer shortchanged 29 construction workers at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Dededo and gave investigators falsified records.The action comes after division investigators determined Danes Construction Corp. in Yigo violated federal regulations governing the employment of workers on projects supported by federal funds. Specifically, the division found the employer did the following:Paid ironworkers less than their required prevailing minimum wage rate of $14.84 per hour. Failed to pay temporary, non-immigrant workers from the Philippines for all hours worked.Did not record hours worked or wages paid correctly.Paid workers straight-time rates for overtime hours over 40 in a workweek.Willfully submitted false payroll records, knowing they masked their recordkeeping violations and failure to pay required wages.The division determined Danes Construction violated the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as regulations of the H-2B temporary worker program.The investigation led to the recovery of $106,446 in unpaid wages, including $10,549 in damages, for the 29 affected workers who were building housing units at the base. “Our investigation found Danes Construction Corp. deliberately shortchanged people employed to fulfill federally funded contracts, including temporary H-2B workers who traveled from their homes in the Philippines,” explained Wage and Hour Division District Director Terence Trotter in Honolulu. “Employers who wrongly believe they can profit on the backs of hard-working people will likely find themselves liable for back wages, damages and penalties and possibly debarred from bidding on federally supported projects.”A 2015 division investigation found Danes Construction violated federal regulations by paying employees straight-time rates for overtime hours worked. The division recovered $8,193 in back wages for 17 affected workers in that case.The employer’s repeated and willful violations of federal regulations led the department to assess the contractor with $6,750 in civil money penalties and exclude them from submitting bids for federally funded projects for three years.Learn more about the DBRA, the CWHSSA and other laws enforced by the division, as well as a search tool to use if you think you may be owed back wages collected by the division. The department can speak with callers confidentially in more than 200 languages through the agency’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Download the agency’s new Timesheet App, now available for Android and iOS devices in English and Spanish, to ensure hours and pay are accurate.Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division.

Published at October 10, 2023 at 05:00PM
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