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Northeast Region News Releases, Archived

The following states/territories/districts fall under the NORTHEAST REGION: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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2004

• December 21, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Taunton Rental Property Manager to Recover Overtime Back Wages for Employees.
  
• December 16, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues “Big Dig” Subcontractor to Obtain Overtime Back Wages for Employees.
  
• December 13, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Hudson Valley Restaurants and Owner to Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages for 83 Employees.
  
• December 13, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Pittsburgh Transportation Company to Recover More Than $100,000 in Back Wages.
  
• December 7, 2004
  Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island Supermarkets Agree to Pay Employees Over $106,000 in Overtime Back Wages.
  
• Tues. December 7, 2004
  Edgewater, Md. Business Owner Found Guilty of Assaulting U.S. Labor Department Official.
  
• December 6, 2004
  "Big Dig” Subcontractor Agrees to Pay 15 Employees $116,500 in Back Wages in Federal Overtime Court Case.
  
• November 18, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Chain of Long Island Caterers and Corporate Officers to Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages for 2,700 Employees
  
• November 4, 2004
  Nationwide Wholesale Grocery Distributor Agrees to Pay Employees Over $237,000 in Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation.
  
• October 4, 2004
  Labor Department Partnership Designed to Assist Workers in the Asian-American Community
  
• September 20, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Schenectady, NY, Electrical Contractor To Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages for Twelve Employees
  
• September 10, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Fines Hamburg, N.J. Firm $84,000 for Illegal Treatment of Foreign Workers
  
• August 24, 2004
  National Leisure Corp. Pays Employees Over $325,000 in Back Wages
  
• August 17, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Three Yorktown Heights Employers To Recover Overtime Back Wages for 55 Employees
  
• August 13, 2004
  Labor Department Fines Hanover Company Nearly $70,000 For Illegally Employing Minors in Hazardous Work
  
• August 12, 2004
  TopMulch, Inc., Fined $22,000 for Illegally Employing Minor
  
• August 04, 2004
  Richmond Home Health Care Company Agrees To Pay Nearly $82,000 In Back Wages After Labor Department Investigation
  
• August 3, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Provincetown Restaurant and Owner to Recover Overtime Back Wages for 12 Employees
  
• August 3, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Two Yonkers Employers To Recover Overtime Back Wages for 181 Employees
  
• August 3, 2004
  Riverhead, NY, Employers Pay Employees $575,000 in Overtime Back Wages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit
  
• July 23, 2004
  Restaurant Chain Pays Nearly $120,000 in Back Wages To Workers Following Labor Department Investigation
  
• July 22, 2004
  Labor Department Sues Brooklyn Fruit and Vegetable Distributor To Recover Unpaid Wages for Workers
  
• July 15, 2004
  BJ's Wholesale Club Pays 233 Employees $320,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation
  
• July 6, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Local Trucking Company To Recover More Than $70,000 in Back Wages
  
• June 24, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Stratford Management Company to Recover Minimum Wage and Overtime Back Wages
  
• June 24, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department, Paychex Team Up to Provide Employers with Information on Youth Employment
  
• June 18, 2004
  U.S. Department of Labor Fines Variety Farms Inc. Nearly $92,000 For Failing to Provide Adequate Housing for Migrant Workers
  
• June 17, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Secures Nearly $200,000 in Unpaid Overtime for Employees of Trust Company Bank
  
• June 15, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Pho Pasteur Restaurants and Owner to Recover Overtime Back Wages for 138 Employees
  
• June 14, 2004
  American Tower Corporation Pays 167 Employees Almost $290,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation
  
• June 08, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Recovers over $63,000 in Back Wages and Benefits For Workers Following Newport Employer's Failure to Pay
  
• June 7, 2004
  UMass Memorial Medical Center Pays Nurses Over $614,000 In Overtime Back Wages Following Department of Labor Investigation
  
• April 26, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer
  
• April 19, 2004
  Nationwide Employer Agrees to Pay Employees Over $100,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation
  
• April 11, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer
  
• April 07, 2004
  Bronx Assisted Living Facility Agrees to Pay Employees over $75,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle Labor Department Lawsuit
  
• March 29, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Home Health Care Companies To Recover Nearly $100,000 In Back Wages
  
• March 22, 2004
  A and P Agrees to Correct Violations of Youth Employment Laws and to Pay Penalties Totaling over $240,000
  
• March 17, 2004
  U.S. Department of Labor and University of Pennsylvania Health System Reach Wage Agreement
  
• March 16, 2004
  U.S. Labor Dept. Recovers Nearly $100,000 in Back Wages for Low-Wage Supermarket Workers
  
• March 11, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Will Hold Seminar To Encourage Local Employer Compliance To Federal Labor Laws
  
• March 09, 2004
  Anna's Taqueria Restaurants to Pay Employees Nearly $207,000 in Back Wages Following Labor Department Investigation
  
• March 1, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Wins Over $236,000 for Low-Wage Long Island Workers in Court Victory
  
• January 20, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Recovers Overtime Back Pay For New Jersey Nurses
  
• January 05, 2004
  U.S. Labor Department Files Second Suit Against Journal Register Company for Failing to Pay Employees Minimum Wage and Overtime
  

2003

• December 17, 2003
  U.S. Department of Labor Settles Lawsuits; New York City Garment Workers to Receive $410,000 in Back Wages
  
• December 15, 2003
  Major League Baseball Cap Manufacturer Agrees to Pay Back Wages Following U.S. Labor Department Investigation
  
• December 2, 2003
  Labor Department Launches Operation COACH in Northern New Jersey
  
• November 04, 2003
  Zappala Farms Agrees to Pay Penalty to U.S. Labor Department to Resolve Migrant Farm Workers Fatality Case
  
• November 4, 2003
  New Jersey Wholesale Florist Fined After Fatal Accident Involving Migrant Farmworkers
  
• November 3, 2003
  Local Security Company And Owner Barred From Federal Contracts For Three Years
  
• October 27, 2003
  Springfield, Mass.-Area Dunkin Donut Shop Chains Agree to Employ Youth in Compliance, Pay Over $100,000 in Penalties to Resolve U.S. Labor Dept. Lawsuit
  
• October 21, 2003
  Ithaca Nursing Home Agrees to Pay Employees Over $59,000 in Back Wages, Interest and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit
  
• September 10, 2003
  Hyde Park, Mass., Rest Home Sued by U.S. Labor Department for Federal Overtime Law Violations
  
• August 12, 2003
  U.S. Labor Department Sues S3 LTD For Breach of Service Contract; Nearly $2 Million Sought For Unpaid Fringe Benefits
  
• August 12, 2003
  Lindenhurst, New York, Rest Home Operator Agrees to Pay Employees $50,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Department Lawsuit
  
• August 12, 2003
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Rhode Island Restaurant Chain For Violating Federal Overtime and Youth Employment Laws
  
• July 07, 2003
  Provincetown, Mass., Employers Agree to Pay 69 Employees Over $65,000 in Back Wages Following U.S. Department of Labor Investigation
  
• July 07, 2003
  Huntington Station Garbage Hauling Companies Complete Payment of $950,000 in Overtime Back Wages, Penalties and Interest for Federal Wage and Hour Law Violations
  
• June 26, 2003
  New Bedford, Mass., Restaurant Agrees to Pay $130,000 in Back Wages and Penalties
  
• June 17, 2003
  Federal Appeals Court Orders Back Wages for Low-Wage Long Island Workers; U.S. Labor Department Wins Over $236,000 for Employees of Vidtape, Inc.
  
• May 21, 2003
  Labor Department Reminds Employers, Teen Workers And Parents About "YouthRules!"
  
• April 17, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (NJ Rally)
  
• April 17, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (PA Rally)
  
• April 17, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - Apr. 26 Declared YouthRules! Day in Philadelphia
  
• April 17, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (NJ Rally)
  
• April 17, 2003
  Burlington, Mass., Restaurant Chain Ordered to Pay Employees Over $43,000 in Back Wages and Damages to Settle U.S. Labor Dept. Lawsuit
  
• April 7, 2003
  U.S. Department of Labor Sues Bronx Assisted Living Health Care Facility for Willful Overtime Wage Violations
  
• April 17, 2003
  Labor Department Event Will Focus On Teens Working This Summer - (PA Rally)
  
• March 19, 2003
  Richmond Day Care Centers Ordered To Pay Overtime
  
• February 10, 2003
  Labor Department Issues Penalties To Farmer For Deplorable Living Conditions For Migrant Workers
  
• February 5, 2003
  U.S. Labor Department Fines Plainview, N.Y. Placement Firm $120,000 for Illegal Treatment of Foreign Teachers Teachers Placement Group also owes over $187,000 in back wages
  
• January 24, 2003
  U.S. Labor Department Sues New Bedford, Mass., Restaurant for Child Labor and Overtime Law Violations
  
• January 14, 2003
  Lockport, New York, Employer Fined Over $24,000 for Federal Child Labor Violations
  
• January 7, 2003
  U.S. Labor Department Fines Wrightstown, NJ Farmer and Farm Labor Contractor Who Employed Migrant Workers Killed In Tragic Burlington County Accident
  

2002

• December 30, 2002
  U.S. Labor Department Fines Farm Labor Contractor Who Employed Migrant Forestry Workers Killed in Tragic Maine Accident
  
• December 30, 2002
  U.S. Labor Secretary Applauds Improved Child Labor Compliance at Malls in New York's Hudson Valley Region
  
• November 27, 2002
  U.S. Labor Dept. Recovers $220,000 in Back Wages for Low Wage Produce Workers in Connecticut and New York
  
• September 3, 2002
  "One-Stop Shopping" Opportunity about Workplace Laws for the North Shore's Small Business Owners -- Salem, Mass. -- Sept. 24
  
• August 5, 2002
  PriceRite Supermarket Chain Fined Nearly $160,000 for Alleged Child Labor Violations at 12 Stores in 4 States
  
• July 30, 2002
  U.S. Labor Department Sues Brooklyn Garment Manufacturers in Overtime Wage Case Related to Danmar Finishing Corp. Back Wage Case
  
• July 25, 2002
  New Haven, W.Va. Manufacturer Pays More Than $170,000 in Back Wages After U.S. Labor Department Legal Actions
  
• July 22, 2002
  Bayamon, Puerto Rico Employer to Pay $77,000 to 185 Workers for Minimum Wage, Overtime and Recordkeeping Violations
  
• July 5, 2002
  Block Island Ferry Ordered to Pay $160,000 to 114 Employees for Overtime and Recordkeeping Violations
  
• July 03, 2002
  U.S. Labor Dept. Files Suit to Recover Back Wages for Low Wage Produce Workers in Connecticut and New York
  
• May 06, 2002
  Greenville, Rhode Island Nursing Home Sued by U.S. Labor Department to Recover Overtime Wages for 182 Workers
  
• May 2, 2002
  Eastern Associated Coal Corporation Agrees To Rehire Miner And Comply with the Family And Medical Leave Act
  
• April 23, 2002
  Williamsville, New York, Employers Ordered to Pay Employees More Than $111,000 in Overtime and Interest
  
• April 23, 2002
  Somerville, Mass., Contractor Agrees to Pay $60,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following Legal Action by U.S. Department of Labor
  
• April 16, 2002
  Journal Register Company East Newspapers in Connecticut and Rhode Island Agree to Pay Employees Nearly $90,000 in Overtime Back Wages Following Legal Actions by U.S. Department of Labor
  
• April 09, 2002
  West Babylon/Farmingdale, N.Y. Employers Ordered to Pay Workers Nearly $240,000 in Back Wages and Damages
  
• April 9, 2002
  Verona, N.J. Maintenance Company Agrees to Pay Workers Nearly $174,000 in Back Wages for Federal Labor Law Violations
  
• March 15, 2002
  Worcester, Mass. Construction Company Pays $90,000 in Back Wages and Penalties for Federal Wage and Hour Law Violations
  

2001

• MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY FOR OVERTIME LAW VIOLATIONS [11/26/01]
  Company Owes Over $50,000 In Back Wages To Employees

• NOTICE TO NEW ENGLAND FARM WORKERS AND GROWERS
  LABOR DEPARTMENT TO HOLD ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING ON LAWS AND PROGRAMS AFFECTING FARM EMPLOYMENT, IN WINDSOR, CONN., AUG. 2 [07/31/01]

• MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL AGREES TO PAY ALMOST $119,000 IN BACK WAGES TO 92 RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS FOR UNCOMPENSATED OVERTIME WORK [06/19/01]

• FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES FORGE PARTNERSHIP TO HELP INSURE SAFE WORK EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG WORKERS IN CONNECTICUT [05/16/01]

• FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES FORGE PARTNERSHIP TO HELP INSURE SAFE WORK EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG WORKERS IN RHODE ISLAND [05/16/01]

• OCEAN STATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SURVEY TO DETERMINE FEDERAL PREVAILING WAGE FOR RHODE ISLAND [04/26/01]

• BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EMPLOYER WILL PAY BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE AND HOUR VIOLATIONS [03/14/01]

2000

• $102,000 IN BACK WAGES COLLECTED FOR WORKERS IN MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES [11/21/00]

• NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, INC., AGREES TO PAY $115,000 FINE FOR FEDERAL CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS; PROMISES FUTURE COMPLIANCE [10/12/00]

• TWENTY MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYERS FINED NEARLY $126,000 FOR FEDERAL CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS [08/29/00]

• THREE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FIRMS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW WHICH ALLOWS HIRING OF TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS PAY NEARLY $163,000 IN BACK WAGES [08/23/00]

• CONNECTICUT EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES $17,670 IN BACK WAGES AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE AND HOUR VIOLATIONS [7/31/00]

• EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES $72,000 IN BACK WAGES AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE AND HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [4/25/00]

• FIVE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYERS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAWS WHICH ALLOW COMPANIES TO HIRE FOREIGN WORKERS; REQUIRED TO PAY OVER $173,000 IN BACK WAGES [3/30/00]

• BETHEL, CONNECTICUT, EMPLOYER ASSESSED PENALTIES FOR FEDERAL CHILD LABOR LAW VIOLATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A 16-YEAR-OLD WORKER [03/28/2000]

• WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, COMPANY AGREES TO PAY 649 EMPLOYEES OVER $246,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL OVERTIME VIOLATIONS; ALSO AGREES TO PAY FINES TO U.S. LABOR DEPT. FOR CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS [2/28/00]

• JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND, EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES $75,000 IN BACK WAGES & DAMAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS; ALSO AGREE TO PAY $15,000 IN PENALTIES TO U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT [2/14/00]

• TACO BELL FRANCHISE CHAIN AGREES TO PAY $44,850 IN FINES FOR FEDERAL CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS [1/10/00]

1999

• BOSTON RESTAURANT COMPANY ORDERED TO PAY WORKERS OVER $76,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE-HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS; ALSO AGREES TO PAY $40,000 IN PENALTIES [12/9/99]

• U.S.LABOR DEPARTMENT REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH CHERRYFIELD FOODS, INC., ON MIGRANT LABOR CAMP [9/22/99]

• MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY $52,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [9/8/99]

• MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY $50,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [3/11/99]

• CONNECTICUT EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY $20,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [2/1/99]

• CONNECTICUT EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY $69,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [1/27/99]

• STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES OVER $27,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [1/14/99]

1998

• MASSACHUSETTS SECURITY COMPANY PAYS $25,600 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR VIOLATIONS [12/8/98]

• MASSACHUSETTS GARMENT MANUFACTURER PAYS $23,600 FINE FOR CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS; MINOR INJURED [10/15/98]

• WALTHAM, MASS. EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY OVER $50,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [10/8/98]

• COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS, LOBSTER FISHERMAN ORDERED TO PAY $55,000 FOR EMPLOYING OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR [09/8/98]

• LABOR DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION REVEALS NEARLY $124,000 IN OVERTIME WAGES AND INTEREST DUE 95 EMPLOYEES; COOPERATIVE MEDFORD, MASS., EMPLOYER AGREES TO PAY [04/28/98]

1997

• MASSACHUSETTS RESTAURANTS ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES OVER $7,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [03/25/97]

• $45,000 IN BACK WAGES ORDERED TO BE PAID TO MASSACHUSETTS WORKERS FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS BY OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYER[03/25/97]

• GARDNER, MASS EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY $20,000 IN BACK WAGES TO EMPLOYEES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [03/20/97]

• MAINE EMPLOYER ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES OVER $10,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS INCLUDING UNLAWFUL DISCHARGES [02/20/97]

1996

• STOCKBRIDGE, MASS., EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY EMPLOYEES OVER $10,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [06/24/96]

• CAPE COD CONFERENCE CENTER & RESORT ORDERED TO PAY $32,000 IN BACK WAGES TO 39 EMPLOYEES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [06/24/96]

• BILLERICA, MASS., EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY 26 EMPLOYEES OVER $16,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [06/18/96]

• MASSACHUSETTS TEMP FIRMS ORDERED TO PAY $150,000 IN CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW [06/12/96]

• BOZRAH, CONNECTICUT, EMPLOYERS ORDERED TO PAY 34 EMPLOYEES $80,000 IN BACK WAGES FOR FEDERAL WAGE & HOUR LAW VIOLATIONS [05/14/96]

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