DOL Issues Final Rule to Clarify Rights to Employee Representation during OSHA Inspections
The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule clarifying the rights of employees to authorize a representative to accompany an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance officer…
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EEOC Sues Kentucky Hospital for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation
Ephraim McDowell Health, Inc. (EMH), headquartered in Danville, Kentucky, violated federal law by denying a female employee a promotion because of her sex and retaliated against her after she filed…
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EEOC Releases Two Litigation Program Updates
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Office of General Counsel (OGC) Annual Report, covering Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023, and a…
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DOL Recovers More Than $140k in Back Wages, Damages for 118 Home Healthcare Workers
Investigators with the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division determined that two Louisiana home healthcare companies, Twin City Home Care Services and Divine Services, paid 118 employees…
Read More »Nursing Home Operators to Pay $67,500 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit
Nursing home operators Hobe Sound OPCO and related companies Hobe Sound Realty, TOH Holdings, and HSRE, have agreed to pay $67,500 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by…
Read More »Seattle Children’s Hospital to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge
Seattle Children’s Hospital has agreed to pay $125,000 in compensatory damages and back pay to a former employee and provide other injunctive relief following an investigation by the US Equal…
Read More »DOL Recovers $876K in Back Wages, Damages for Workers Denied Overtime Pay by Home Care Employer
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered nearly $900,000 in back wages and damages after its investigation found a Norfolk home care employer denied 108 workers…
Read More »DOL Recovers Nearly $18K in Back Wages, Damages for Wrongly Terminated Worker at Rehabilitation Facility
The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found AMG Physical Rehab violated the Family and Medical Leave Act by denying a key employee’s request for medical leave and…
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DOL Investigations Recover More Than $1M in Back Wages for 859 Home Healthcare Workers
The US Department of Labor’s recovery of more than $1 million in minimum and overtime wages owed to 859 home healthcare workers employed by two Texas companies show that improper…
Read More »EEOC Sues Covenant Woods for Age and Disability Discrimination
Covenant Woods Senior Living, LLC and BrightSpace Senior Living, LLC (together, “Covenant Woods”), which operate the Covenant Woods retirement community in Columbus, Georgia, violated federal law when they fired a…
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