Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Current Western Region News Releases
The following states/territories fall under the WESTERN REGION: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
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2012
- September 5, 2012
US Labor Department investigation uncovers child labor violations, recovers back wages for workers at PTM Berry Farms in Washington - September 5, 2012
US Labor Department sues DirecTV, subcontractor to recover back wages, liquidated damages for Washington state installation technicians - September 4, 2012
Final Touch Laundries pagará casi $104,000 en salarios atrasados - September 4, 2012
Final Touch Laundries to pay nearly $104,000 in back wages - August 31, 2012
US Department of Labor recovers $240,000 in back wages, damages and penalties from 3 Oregon berry farmers - August 23, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. se une a Consulado de México en Los Ángeles para celebrar Semana de Derechos Laborales, 27 al 31 de agosto - August 23, 2012
US Labor Department joins Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles to mark Labor Rights Week Aug. 27-31 - August 23, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. se une a consulados en San Francisco para celebrar la Semana de Derechos Laborales, del 27 al 31 de agosto - August 23, 2012
US Labor Department joins consulates in San Francisco to mark Labor Rights Week Aug. 27-31 - August 23, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. se une a consulados de México y El Salvador en Las Vegas para celebrar la Semana de Derechos Laborales del 27 al 31 de agosto - August 23, 2012
US Labor Department joins Mexican and Salvadoran consulates in Las Vegas to mark Labor Rights Week Aug. 27-31 - August 21, 2012
División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. firmará acuerdo de entendimiento con Consulado de México en Portland, Ore. - August 21, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division to sign agreement of understanding with Mexican Consulate in Portland, Ore., Aug. 22 - August 21, 2012
Cadena de restaurantes de Los Ángeles acepta pagar casi $90,000 en salarios y daños tras investigación del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. - August 21, 2012
Los Angeles-area restaurant chain agrees to pay nearly $90,000 in back wages, liquidated damages following US Labor Department investigation - August 14, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. demanda a lavadero de automóviles de Santa Ana, Calif., por no pagar salario mínimo ni sobretiempo a trabajadores - August 14, 2012
US Labor Department sues Santa Ana, Calif., car wash for not paying workers minimum wage, overtime - August 8, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. acomete iniciativa de eliminar explotación laboral en Distrito de la Moda de Los Ángeles y en industria de confección del Sur de California (Espanol) - August 8, 2012
US Labor Department conducts enforcement initiative to end sweatshop conditions in Los Angeles’ Fashion District, Southern California garment industry (Korean version) - August 8, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. acomete iniciativa de eliminar explotación laboral en Distrito de la Moda de Los Ángeles y en industria de confección del Sur de California - August 8, 2012
US Labor Department conducts enforcement initiative to end sweatshop conditions in Los Angeles’ Fashion District, Southern California garment industry - July 23, 2012
Wecco in Guam to pay more than $79,000 in back wages to 12 employees following US Department of Labor investigation - July 18, 2012
Baristas Coffee will pay $75,000 in back wages and damages to workers in Washington state, plus $10,000 in penalties, resolving US Labor Department lawsuit - July 11, 2012
Pacific Quest in Hilo, Hawaii, pays more than $225,000 in back wages following US Department of Labor investigation - July 10, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo llega a un acuerdo que resulta en el pago de más de $2,3 millones en salarios atrasados para trabajadores agrícolas extranjeros - July 10, 2012
US Department of Labor reaches agreement resulting in more than $2.3 million in back wages to temporary foreign agricultural workers - June 19, 2012
Tacoma, Wash., hospital pays former employee more than $34,000 following US Labor Department investigation of Family and Medical Leave Act violations - June 7, 2012
División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. lanza iniciativa para reforzar cumplimiento de las leyes laborales en industria de jardinería en el Sur de California - June 7, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division launches initiative to strengthen labor law compliance in Southern California’s landscaping industry - May 31, 2012
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. multa a empleador agrícola en Washington con más de $11.000 por dar alojamiento deficiente a trabajadores - May 31, 2012
US Labor Department fines Washington agricultural employer more than $11,000 for substandard migrant farmworker housing - May 24, 2012
R.M. International ordered to pay more than $376,000 in back wages and damages to 177 employees following US Department of Labor investigation - May 16, 2012
US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division opens field office in Redding, Calif. - May 14, 2012
Downey-based home nursing agency agrees to pay more than $654,000 in back wages to 108 nurses following US Labor Department investigation - April 18, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement and education initiative focused on Los Angeles area restaurants (Chinese, Korean and Thai versions) - April 18, 2012
División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. lanza iniciativa de cumplimiento y educación sobre restaurantes de Los Ángeles - April 18, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement and education initiative focused on Los Angeles area restaurants - April 11, 2012
US Department of Labor sues 2 Los Angeles Thai restaurants for failing to pay overtime, retaliating against employees for exercising legal rights (Korean and Thai Versions) - April 11, 2012
Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. demanda a 2 restaurantes de comida tailandesa de Los Ángeles por no pagar horas extras y por represalias contra empleados por ejercer sus derechos legales - April 10, 2012
US Department of Labor sues 2 Los Angeles Thai restaurants for failing to pay overtime, retaliating against employees for exercising legal rights - April 5, 2012
Ang Dibisyon ng Sahod at Oras ng Kagawaran ng Paggawa (Wage and hour Division of the Department of Labor) ng Estados Unidos ay nagsagawa ng inisyatiba na mapatatag ang batas sa paggawa na alinsunod sa industriya ng konstruksyon ng Guam (Tagalog version) - April 5, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division conducts initiative to strengthen labor law compliance in Guam’s construction industry - April 5, 2012
División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. lanza iniciativa para cumplimiento de normas laborales en restaurantes de Portland - April 5, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement initiative focused on Portland, Ore., restaurants - April 2, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement and education initiative focused on San Francisco area restaurants (Chinese, Korean and Thai versions) - April 2, 2012
División de Horas y Salarios del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. lanza iniciativa de cumplimiento y educación sobre restaurantes de San Francisco - April 2, 2012
US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement and education initiative focused on San Francisco area restaurants - March 28, 2012
Hospital in American Samoa agrees to pay more than $628,000 in back wages to 481 employees following US Labor Department investigation - March 19, 2012
US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division opens field office in Great Falls, Mont. - March 15, 2012
Judge orders Sunnyvale, Calif., restaurant to pay workers nearly $404,000 in unpaid wages, damages following US Labor Department investigation - March 8, 2012
California agricultural employer agrees to pay $457,000 in back wages and penalties following US Labor Department investigation - February 15, 2012
Norwegian Cruise Lines agrees to pay more than $526,000 in back wages to more than 2,000 cruise workers in Hawaii - February 15, 2012
US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement initiative to combat labor law violations at Seattle-area nail salons - Vietnamese version - February 15, 2012
US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement initiative to combat labor law violations at Seattle-area nail salons - February 9, 2012
Baytown, Texas, companies pay 121 workers more than $200,000 in overtime back wages following US Labor Department investigation - February 9, 2012
Tulsa, Okla.-based fracking company pays more than $68,500 in overtime back wages following US Labor Department investigation - January 31, 2012
US Labor Department investigation recovers $50,000 in back wages for former employee of Washington Beef - January 25, 2012
El Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos impide envío de fresas tras realizar una investigación del contratista de trabajo agrícola Jorge Castro Farms, con sede en Santa Cruz, California - January 25, 2012
US Department of Labor prevents shipment of strawberries following investigation of Santa Cruz, Calif.-based labor contractor Jorge Castro Farms - January 12, 2012
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. demanda restaurante Seafood Peedler en San Rafael, Calif., para recuperar más de $164.000 en salarios atrasados, daños a empleados - January 12, 2012
US Labor Department sues Seafood Peddler restaurant in San Rafael, Calif., to recover more than $164,000 in overtime back wages, damages for employees - January 10, 2012
US Department of Labor sues Alaska energy company for violating Family and Medical Leave Act
2011
- December 12, 2011
Chuck E. Cheese's pays more than $28,000 in fines for child labor violations at 9 Bay Area locations, following US Labor Department investigation - October 12, 2011
Kona Coffee Grounds con sede en Hawaii paga más de $25,000 en salarios retroactivos a trabajadores agrícolas migrantes y de temporada - October 12, 2011
Hawaii-based Kona Coffee Grounds pays more than $25,000 in back wages to migrant workers following US Labor Department investigation - September 26, 2011
US Labor Department seeks back wages and liquidated damages for workers at Baristas Coffee espresso stands in Washington state - September 22, 2011
2 Woodinville, Wash., businesses and owners to pay 8 workers more than $38,000 in back wages, damages following US Labor Department investigation - September 14, 2011
US Labor Department recovers nearly $531,000 in back wages and damages for 41 employees of Wok King International Buffet in Kennewick, Wash. - August 22, 2011
Restaurant group to pay nearly $145,000 in back wages to 66 Southland workers following US Department of Labor investigation - August 4, 2011
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. halla infracciones en el trabajo infantil y en los salarios mínimos en 3 granjas de bayas en el sudoeste de Washington, se gravan $73,000 en multas - August 4, 2011
US Department of Labor finds child labor and minimum wage violations at 3 Southwest Washington berry farms, assesses $73,000 in penalties - July 6, 2011
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance to pay more than $1.5 million in back wages to nearly 3,500 employees following US Labor Department investigation - July 5, 2011
US Department of Labor to offer assistance with prevailing wage rules at July 20 - 21 conference in Honolulu - June 13, 2011
US Labor Department orders 2 California farm labor contractors to pay more than $91,000 in fines and back wages for willful transportation, wage violations - June 13, 2011
Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ordena a 2 contratistas rurales de California a pagar más de $91,000 por violaciones de transporte y salariales - May 19, 2011
Judge orders payment of $347,000 in back wages and penalties, 3-year debarment of Global Horizons from H-2A agricultural program - April 30, 2011
Fred Lea Distributing in Salem, Ore., agrees to pay more than $10,000 in back wages, damages to 10 employees following US Labor Department investigation - April 28, 2011
US Department of Labor recovers nearly $100,000 in back wages for 33 communications workers in California, 9 other states - April 12, 2011
US Department of Labor debars Seattle-based federal contractor for violating minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping laws - April 11, 2011
Thai restaurant owner in Los Angeles agrees to pay more than $162,000 in back wages to 35 employees following US Labor Department investigation - April 11, 2011
Propietario de restaurante Thai en Los Ángeles acepta pagar más de $162,000 en salarios retroactivos a 35 empleados luego de una investigación realizada por el Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos - April 11, 2011
Thai restaurant owner in Los Angeles agrees to pay more than $162,000 in back wages to 35 employees following US Labor Department investigation. ( Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese Versions ) - April 5, 2011
US Department of Labor seeks to debar Scottsdale, Ariz., janitorial companies from federal contracts for 3 years - April 4, 2011
US Department of Labor recovers nearly $95,000 in back wages
for 22 employees of Los Angeles-area Indian restaurants - April 4, 2011
US Department of Labor recovers nearly $95,000 in back wages
for 22 employees of Los Angeles-area Indian restaurants (Hindi Version) - March 30, 2011
Arizona underground utility contractor agrees to pay $750,000 in overtime back wages following US Labor Department investigation - March 30, 2011
Contratista de obras acepta pagar $750,000 en remuneraciones retroactivas a cientos de trabajadores tras investigación del Departamento de Trabajo - March 29, 2011
Levi Strauss agrees to pay more than $1 million in overtime back wages to nearly 600 employees following US Labor Department investigation - February 17, 2011
US Labor Department fines Pescadero, Calif., agricultural employer and requires payment of more than $35,000 in back wages to migrant workers - February 17, 2011
El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. multa a empleador agrícola de Pescadero, California, y exige el pago de más de $35,000 en salarios atrasados a trabajadores inmigrantes - January 24, 2011
US Labor Department recovers back wages, liquidated damages for underpaid Washington state restaurant workers - January 13, 2011
US Department of Labor recovers more than $1 million in overtime wages for employees of US Army contractor in Southern California - January 10, 2011
US Labor Department recovers nearly $160,000 in back wages for 110 Los Angeles garment workers - January 10, 2011
El Departamento del Trabajo de los EE. UU. recupera aproximadamente $160,000 en remuneraciones retroactivas para 110 trabajadores textiles de Los Ángeles
2010
- December 16, 2010
US Labor Department debars Phoenix contractor after finding pay violations - December 14, 2010
US Department of Labor obtains default judgment in Southern California garment manufacturer case - December 8, 2010
US Department of Labor fines Las Vegas supermarket and food distributor more than $63,000 for willful violations of overtime pay laws - December 7, 2010
US Department of Labor recovers more than $209,000 in overtime pay for employees at Novato, Calif.-based Enwisen Inc. - December 3, 2010
US Labor Department announces prevailing wage rates for Department of Defense base realignment construction projects in Guam - November 10, 2010
Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. multa a Nickerson Farms por violaciones de trabajo infantil - November 10, 2010
US Labor Department cites Nickerson Farms for child labor violations - August 2, 2010
US Department of Labor debars Southland Filipino newspaper from foreign worker program - July 27, 2010
US Department of Labor to hold FLSA compliance seminars on July 29 in West Covina, Calif., for pallet manufacturing industry employers - June 25, 2010
US Labor Department marks 6-year anniversary of EMPLEO alliance - June 14, 2010
US Department of Labor recovers $4.2 million in back wages for 603 Oregon workers - June 1, 2010
US Department of Labor secures more than $2 million in back wages for Maricopa County sheriff’s staff - May 24, 2010
Repeat offender Arizona farm labor contractor again found in violation by US Labor Department investigators - May 17, 2010
US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division regional administrator to hold media availability on prevailing wage rules - May 13, 2010
Santa Ana, Calif., garment contractor ordered to pay nearly $173,000 in back wages - April 28, 2010
US Department of Labor obtains preliminary injunction in Southern California garment case - January 28, 2010
US Labor Department orders Superior Super Warehouse to pay more than $79,000 for child labor violations in Southern California - January 26, 2010
US Labor Department orders Superior Super Warehouse to pay more than $79,000 for child labor violations in Southern California - January 25, 2010
Federal court requires Stockton, Calif., FoodPro International to pay nearly $48,000 in back wages following US Department of Labor investigation
2009
- December 15, 2009
US Department of Labor recovers nearly $1 million in back wages for 206 Seattle security company workers - December 2, 2009
US Department of Labor settles allegations over foreign worker program violations with bankrupt Arizona tomato grower - August 6, 2009
Foreign carrier pays $117,500 in civil money penalties for failure to employ U.S. longshore workers in Alaska - June 16, 2009
NUMMI pays 3,600 employees more than $862,000 in overtime wages following U.S. Department of Labor investigation - May 12, 2009
One Clothing ordered to pay more than $55,000 in back wages and penalties resulting from U.S. Department of Labor investigation - May 5, 2009
U.S. Labor Department recovers $115,000 in back wages for K-9 handlers - April 16, 2009
Servicio de limpieza de Southland deberá pagar multas diarias e intereses posteriores a juicio sobre aproximadamente 3,5 millones de dólares en remuneraciones atrasadas - April 16, 2009
Southland cleaning service ordered to pay daily fines, post-judgment interest on nearly $3.5 million in back wages - April 14, 2009
U.S. Department of Labor joins with partners to offer Las Vegas workshop on employment rights - April 2, 2009
U.S. Labor Department recovers nearly $270,000 for low-wage workers in Mountain View and Sunnyvale, Calif. - February 26, 2009
El Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. multa a empresa de enlucido por incumplimiento reiterado de pagos - February 26, 2009
U.S. Labor Department fines Southland plasterer for repeat pay violations
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