DOL Recovers More Than $500K in Back Wages, Damages for Employees of Home Healthcare Services Provider
An El Paso home healthcare and hospice service provider expected employees to work long days to care for people in need but failed to pay…
Home Care Agency Sued by EEOC for Race and National Origin Discrimination
ACARE HHC Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency (“Four Seasons”), a Brooklyn-based company that provides its clients with home health…
EEOC Releases New Content on Human Trafficking for Young Workers
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) added a new section on human trafficking to its Youth@Work webpage to help young workers, employers, educators, parents, and…
Court Requires Hawaii ALFs, Owners to Pay $287K Back Wages, Damages
A federal court has required the owners and operators of two residential care facilities in Kaneohe to pay $287,279 in wages and liquidated damages to…
Updated EEOC Resource about the ADA and Individuals with Visual Disabilities at Work
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released an updated technical assistance document, “Visual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act,”…
US DOL Recovers $373K in Back Wages, Damages from California Staffing Agency
The US Department of Labor has recovered $373,471 in back wages and damages for 23 caregivers after an investigation found a Bay Area staffing agency…
Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
OSHA is amending its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation to require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA that employers…
Court Requires Virginia Home Care Provider, Owners to Pay about $1.6M in Back Wages, Damages
A federal court has directed a Fairfax home care agency and its owners to pay more than $1.6 million in back wages and liquidated damages…
Court Orders Philadelphia Home Healthcare Staffing Agency to Pay $212K in Back Wages, Damages
A federal court in Pennsylvania has ordered a Philadelphia home healthcare staffing agency to pay $197,236 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees…
Alternate Solutions Health Network and Inova Home Health to Pay $105K to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit
Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH) and Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), which owns in-part and operates IHH, have agreed to pay $105,000 and provide…