by Associated Press Published: November 18,2012
Tags: back wages, construction, contractor, federal government, pay, roof, roofer, roofing, salary, settlement, wages
GULFPORT — Mandal’s Inc. has agreed with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay 94 employees $85,106 in back wages. The Labor Department said in a news release that its Wage and Hour Division found the company had paid the employees “straight time” for hours worked beyond 40 in a work week. The government says [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 21,2011
Tags: agriculture, back wages, courts, doffing and donning, labor, lawsuit, manufacturing, poultry, unions, workers
More than 17,000 Tyson poultry workers in 41 plants in 12 states have settled a $32-million lawsuit in a 12-year struggle to get paid for work already performed, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). The UFCW initiated the suit against Tyson. Last Thursday, the United States District Court in Georgia [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — The U.S. Department of Labor says International Security Management Group will pay more than $282,000 in back wages to 46 security employees at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. Labor Department officials say in a news release that the agreement was reached after an investigation showed the company had failed to [...] [...]