Roundup of Recent WHD Settlements And Newly Filed Enforcement Actions

Bloomberg BNA compiled the following list of Wage and Hour Division settlements and legal actions from court documents and the Labor Department’s published statements.

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• Allied Foundation Specialists Inc., a construction contractor in Deer Park, Texas, will pay $682,318 in back wages to 161 employees, the Labor Department announced May 2. Allied’s workers averaged 45 hours per week during five-day workweeks and 53 hours per week during six-day workweeks, a Wage and Hour Division investigation found. Nevertheless, Allied paid its laborers a flat daily rate, which caused overtime violations when workers put in more than 40 hours per week. Investigators ...