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Court enters consent order requiring New Hampshire landscaper to pay employees $310K in wages, liquidated damages

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Court enters consent order requiring New Hampshire landscaper to pay employees $310K in wages, liquidated damages MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor, following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division and the filing of a consent order in federal court by the department’s Office of the Solicitor, has recovered a total of $310,193 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Bedford landscaper and contractor who underpaid 60 employees. The division found that Ulster Property Services LLC and owner Kieran Rice violated the overtime, minimum wage, child labor and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act by doing the following:Paying 59 workers, whose duties included landscaping, snow removal and construction work, straight time wages for all hours worked, instead of paying them the required overtime rate for hours over 40 in a workweek.Failing to pay one employee for all hours worked, resulting in the employee receiving less than the required
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Court enters consent order requiring New Hampshire landscaper to pay employees $310K in wages, liquidated damages

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Court enters consent order requiring New Hampshire landscaper to pay employees $310K in wages, liquidated damages MANCHESTER, NH – The U.S. Department of Labor, following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division and the filing of a consent order in federal court by the department’s Office of the Solicitor, has recovered a total of $310,193 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Bedford landscaper and contractor who underpaid 60 employees. The division found that Ulster Property Services LLC and owner Kieran Rice violated the overtime, minimum wage, child labor and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act by doing the following:Paying 59 workers, whose duties included landscaping, snow removal and construction work, straight time wages for all hours worked, instead of paying them the required overtime rate for hours over 40 in a workweek.Failing to pay one employee for all hours worked, resulting in the employee receiving less than the required
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Crystal Lake contractor faces $287K in fines after exposing framing workers in Elburn to potentially deadly fall risks 3 times in less than a month

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Crystal Lake contractor faces $287K in fines after exposing framing workers in Elburn to potentially deadly fall risks 3 times in less than a month CRYSTAL LAKE, IL – Federal inspectors have cited 595 Construction LLC - a Crystal Lake contractor with a history of exposing employees to fall hazards - for eight safety violations after finding employees framing a residential structure without required protections three times at three residential worksites in the same neighborhood in May 2024. Falls from elevation are the leading cause of fatal and serious injuries in the construction industry, and among the safety violations most cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA inspectors first observed 595 Construction employees at work without legally required equipment on a residential structure in an Elburn neighborhood. On May 10, they witnessed similar violations at 1501 Collins Drive and across the street at 264 Davidson Drive. Three week
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Department of Labor encouraged by decline in worker death investigations

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Department of Labor encouraged by decline in worker death investigations WASHINGTON – Fewer workers are dying from hazards where the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has focused its enforcement resources. Preliminary agency data show a decrease in fatalities the agency is mandated to investigate, including significant reductions in fatal injuries from trench collapses and falls, two of the leading causes of death among construction industry workers.“These numbers are promising evidence that stronger enforcement and collaboration with labor and management, driven by the Biden-Harris administration’s worker-centered approach, is saving lives,” said Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Douglas Parker. “Most striking is the improvement in areas we have focused on with employers and unions. Our state program partners have also seen improvements.”In fiscal year 2024, federal OSHA investigated 826 worker deaths, an 11 percent reductio
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US Department of Labor recovers $877K in wages, benefits for 36 employees underpaid by contractors on federally funded projects in New York City

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US Department of Labor recovers $877K in wages, benefits for 36 employees underpaid by contractors on federally funded projects in New York City NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $877,834 in back wages and fringe benefits from three Long Island contractors for 36 employees who were underpaid for their work on two New York projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development conducted initial investigations of Discover Electric Inc., EMG Industrial Chimney Inc. and QNCC Electrical Contracting Corp., finding each violated the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts. The three subcontractors subsequently appealed the city’s findings.After HUD concurred with the original findings, the contractors still refused to pay and HUD referred the findings to the department’s Wage and Hour Division. The division’s independent investigations confirmed the contractors’ DBRA violations as follows:D
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