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Staff at several Subway stores in San Francisco missed out on $265,000 of wages after the franchisee gave them checks that bounced, Labor Department says
Workers as young as 15 were charged "bad check" fees by their banks after the pay checks bounced, t…
Grace Dean
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A 15-year-old suffered hot oil burns while using a deep fryer at a McDonald's restaurant in Tennessee, the Labor Department says
The McDonald's restaurant was assessed a $3,258 penalty for allowing the minor to remove fries manu…
Grace Dean
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An Ohio restaurant 'forced' servers to work 60 hours a week for just $10 in wages plus tips, the Department of Labor says
Servers were "forced" to cash their paychecks, pay almost all their wages back in cash, and live of…
Grace Dean
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Amazon and Walmart warehouse employees are so surveilled that they're worried about breaking to use bathroom: Oxfam report
One Amazon worker quoted in Oxfam's new report likened their experiences on the warehouse floor to …
Natalie Musumeci
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If you make less than $55,000, the Labor Department wants you to start getting overtime pay
Before, workers making under $36,000 were eligible for time and a half. Now the DOL wants people ma…
Juliana Kaplan
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4 Florida restaurants with the same owner had to give over $250,000 of back pay to staff after the Department of Labor said they only paid servers tips
The DOL said that workers at four Mexican restaurants on Florida's east coast weren't paid "for any…
Grace Dean
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A growing number of US states are working to loosen child labor laws so your next bartender could be an underage teenager
Businesses are scrambling to hire more amid a labor shortage, and some lawmakers believe the soluti…
Jordan Hart
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Goldman Sachs sees 3 threats to a strong labor market
The labor market may be returning to pre-pandemic conditions, Goldman Sachs found, though hiring ra…
Noah Sheidlower
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9 Burger Kings in South Carolina broke child-labor laws by letting 14 and 15-year-olds work for too long, Department of Labor says
The franchisee breached laws on how late and how long minors aged 14 and 15 can work, the Departmen…
Grace Dean
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A restaurant in Oregon threatened to fire servers who didn't surrender their cash tips, a Labor Department investigation found
The restaurant said it instead paid twice the minimum wage, which it said gave staff more reliable …
Grace Dean
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Owners and managers at some Washington Subway stores kept $80,000 in staff tips and reduced workers' hours on their timecards, a federal agency says
The group of 10 stores also tried to avoid paying overtime rates by reducing staff's hours on their…
Grace Dean
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Two New Hampshire restaurants ordered to pay $900,000 in backwages and damages after an investigation found some staff received only tips and no wages
Other staff at the restaurants weren't paid correct overtime premiums, and some just received their…
Grace Dean
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2 Dollar General stores were cited by OSHA for padlocking their emergency exits shut
OSHA has cited dozens of Dollar General stores for violations including obstructing emergency exits…
Grace Dean
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H-2B visas open for late second half returning workers for FY 2023
The US will begin accepting petitions for H-2B visa workers for the late second half of fiscal year…
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A Mississippi restaurant repaid $169,000 to workers who got less than the minimum wage, the DOL said
Department of Labor investigation found that Super King Buffet in Hattiesburg had violated the Fair…
Grace Dean
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South Carolina restaurant repays $624,000 to staff after tip pool is ruled illegal
Workers at a Charleston restaurant were made to pool their tips with those who do not usually get t…
Grace Dean
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McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania broke child labor laws, with kids under 16 operating deep fryers, Labor Department says
The fast food restaurants employed more than 150 kids, some as young as 14, at hours prohibited by …
Charles R. Davis
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The US Department of Labor says a California McDonald's franchisee owes over $25,000 in child labor penalties
The Department of Labor says the restaurant allowed minors to operate trash compactors, which are c…
Mary Meisenzahl
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An employee at an Illinois food manufacturer lost a finger after getting it stuck in a machine, the labor department said
It was the 20th time the company had been cited for violating safety procedures in the past five ye…
Grace Dean
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A New Hampshire restaurant illegally shared workers' tips with managers, a Department of Labor investigation found
The DOL recovered almost $62,000 in tips and liquidated damages for 39 employees at Dos Amigos Burr…