USDOL

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Jun 20, 2024

Jersey Shore steakhouse owner pays $84K in back wages, damages

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Belmar eatery did not pay overtime to more than a dozen employees who were on the clock for more than 40 hours each week.

Farmers market apples
Jun 22, 2023

Owners of Bergen County farmers markets ordered to pay $1.8M in back wages

According to authorities, 226 employees weren’t compensated for working overtime.

Pumping gas
Jun 1, 2023

DOL recovers $100K from Jersey City operator who denied overtime pay

“Employers must understand that paying workers a fixed salary does not automatically excuse them from paying overtime," Paula Ruffin, North Jersey district director of the wage and hour division office in Mountainside, said in a statement.

Jul 11, 2022

USDOL recovers $353K in back wages, damages for T-Mobile employees in NJ

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, two operators willfully denied overtime to 79 workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The young employee being made redundant
Feb 8, 2022

NJ will stop recouping some overpaid COVID jobless benefits

As many as 250,000 Garden State residents could be affected by new guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor that advises how states can avoid the claw backs.