Tag: wage theft
Department of Labor announces final rule to combat misclassification of independent...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule to help employers and workers better understand when a worker qualifies as an...
State settles with Illinois contractor over unlawfully deducted wages
Springfield, IL – The state of Illinois has settled with a contractor over more than $76,000 in unlawfully deducted wages.
In 2021, Castle Concrete Construction...
CWA call center activists reach $170,000 overtime settlement with General Dynamics...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has agreed to pay $170,000 to settle Fair Labor Standards Act claims brought by a number of...
Unchecked corporate power: Forced arbitration, and how workers are fighting back
One year ago, in Epic Systems v. Lewis, the Supreme Court ruled that employers can strip workers of their right to join together in...
Trump DOL’s joint-employer rule would cost workers more than $1 billion...
The Trump Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing a joint-employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would cost workers more than...
At least $2 billion in stolen wages recovered in ’15, ’16
Represents only a fraction of total stolen wages
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) finds that employers stole about $2 billion from...