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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Maintenance Contractor Paying $70,000 in Back Wages, Penalties for H-2b Visa Violations
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Juan Vizcaino – doing business as Vizcaino LP in Odessa, Texas – has paid $45,945 in back wages to 22 employees hired under the H-2B temporary visa program and two U.S. workers hired during the recruitment period for guest workers. The employer also has paid $24,120 in civil money penalties to settle the H-2B violations. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Texas Construction Company Pays Back Wages to Misclassified Employees After U.s. Department of Labor Investigation Finds Violations
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Aztec Construction Inc. – doing business as RSP Aztec Construction Inc. in Spring, Texas – has paid $25,380 in back wages to five employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime requirements. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Department of Labor Awards $3.5 Million in Additional Assistance to Dislocated Workers From Fort Hood and Red River Army Depot in Texas
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $3,590,635 in additional funding to the Texas Workforce Commission for a National Dislocated Worker Grant currently serving dislocated workers at Fort Hood and Red River Army Depot (RRAD), located in Killeen and Texarkana, Texas, respectively. -
CLARK HILL: Brad Oxford to Present Webinar on Retirement Plan Audits on October 1, 2019
San Antonio tax attorney, Brad Oxford, will guide ERISA counsel and plan sponsors on potential audit risks relating to their 401(k) and other retirement plans in a webinar on October 1, 2019 titled "Retirement Plan Audits: Recognizing Plan Errors, Remedying Noncompliance, New IRS and DOL Audit Initiatives." -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Department of Labor Orders Kinder Morgan to Pay Back Pay, Damages and Fees for Retaliation Against Whistleblower
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Kinder Morgan Inc. – an energy infrastructure company based in Houston, Texas - to pay a former employee back wages, damages, and attorney's fees after an investigation found that the company violated the whistleblower provisions of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA). -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.s. Department of Labor and Fort Worth Beverage Distributor Agree to Settle Allegations of Hiring Discrimination
After a routine compliance evaluation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Ben E. Keith Company (BEK) – operating as Fort Worth/Waco Beer & Fleet Main and Ben E. Keith Dallas Fort Worth Foods (BEK Foods) – has agreed to pay $350,000 in back pay and interest to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at its two Fort Worth, Texas, facilities. -
DYKEMA GOSSETT: Legal 500 United States 2019 Lists 10 Dykema Attorneys and Ranks Firm Among Nation’s Best in Three Categories
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced that the firm’s Automotive Product Liability Litigation, Automotive Litigation and Immigration practices have been ranked by the Legal 500 United States 2019 (The Legal 500). -
Two roofing company employees allege unfair termination
GALVESTON —Two Galveston County women are suing a roofing business, alleging they were unfairly terminated and not paid for the work they completed. -
Roofing company alleges former employee stole trade secrets, customers
GALVESTON — A Galveston roofing company is suing a former employee, alleging she retained trade secrets and has stolen customers. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S Department of Labor Cites Texas Rubber Company for Safety Violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Custom Rubber Products LLC – based in Houston, Texas – for failing to properly guard machinery and exposing employees to severe injury and amputation hazards. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: US Department of Labor Cites Texas Meat-packing Plant for Exposing Workers to Highly Hazardous Chemicals
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 7 S Packing LLC – operating as Texas Packing Company in San Angelo, Texas – for exposing workers to releases of hazardous chemicals. -
MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE: Department of Labor’s Newly Proposed Overtime Rule Raises Salary Thresholds of White Collar Exemptions to FLSA
The Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Wage and Hour division issued a highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on March 7, 2019, seeking to raise the minimum salary threshold to qualify for the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (“FLSA”) “white collar” exemptions for executive, administrative, or professional (“EAP”) workers. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.s. Department of Labor Review Results in Government Contractor Paying $250,000 in Back Pay and Interest to Settle Alleged Hiring Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the GEO Group Inc. – a company specializing in privatized corrections, detention, and mental health treatment – have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination at the company’s Joe Corley Detention Center in Conroe, Texas. -
Paralegal sues over purported lack of overtime pay
HOUSTON – A federal lawsuit accuses a Fort Bend County attorney of not paying a paralegal overtime. -
Woman alleges Rickman Transport failed to pay final wages
HOUSTON – A Gardendale woman previously employed by a Springtown company alleges it refused to pay her final wages. -
MCGUIRREWOODS LLP: Accomplished Employment Litigator Meghaan Madriz Joins McGuireWoods in Houston
Meghaan Madriz, an accomplished employment litigator with deep experience representing employers in wage-and-hour matters, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. -
Accomplished employment litigator Meghaan Madriz joins McGuireWoods in Houston
HOUSTON – Meghaan Madriz, an accomplished employment litigator with deep experience representing employers in wage-and-hour matters, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. She is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in labor and employment law. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Commends Department of Labor for Heeding His Request to Rescind the Unlawful Obama-Era Persuader Rule
Attorney General Paxton today commended the U.S. Department of Labor after it rescinded the Obama-era Persuader Rule, which violated the federal Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. -
Texas AG commends Department of Labor for heeding request to rescind Obama-Era Persuader Rule
AUSTIN – On July 17, Attorney General Paxton commended the U.S. Department of Labor after it rescinded the Obama-era Persuader Rule, which violated the federal Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. -
Former Ultimate Pediatric Care employee alleges she was terminated after filing wage complaint
HOUSTON – A woman alleges she was terminated in retaliation for filing a complaint about unlawful overtime pay practices.