A federal judge recently approved a settlement between North Carolina-based Snyder’s-Lance pretzel company and over 100 delivery drivers at the company’s Tennessee operations site to resolve claims that the company systematically underpaid workers.
A Dudley, Massachusetts-packaging company recently agreed to settle an unpaid overtime lawsuit with federal regulators to resolve claims that the defendant failed to properly compensate hundreds of current and former workers under federal wage and labor laws.
A federal judge recently entered a consent decree between a Virginia restaurant chain and the Department of Labor to resolve claims that the defendant underpaid dozens of workers across various locations in the Roanoke area.
AKRON, OH — An Akron, Ohio restaurant recently agreed to settlement terms with the Department of Labor to resolve claims that the company engaged in systematic wage theft against almost two-dozen workers over the course of several years. Under the resolution, defendant Azteca Restaurante Mexicano Inc. and its named owner will pay a total of $118,000 in back wages with interest and liquidated damages to 21 current and former employees as well as implement a computerized payroll system to prevent future instances of wage theft from occurring.
A federal judge recently ordered a Memphis, Tennessee construction company to pay back dozens of workers the government claims were defrauded out of overtime pay and other wages by the defendant’s intentional misclassification of workers as “independent contractors.” Under the terms of the order, Mulrooney Enterprises will pay 94 affected workers a collective sum of $140,000 in back pay and damages and is further ordered to permanently comply with federal wage and labor laws.
A federal judge recently entered a consent judgement ordering a Gloucester, Massachusetts seafood processing company to pay workers thousands of dollars in back pay and overtime wages to settle claims the defendant engaged in systematic wage theft against employees.