Federal Court Orders Home Care Agency to Pay More than $2.8M in Back Wages; $250K in Civil Penalties
A federal court in Pennsylvania has ordered an Ardmore employer who denied more than $1.4 million in wages to hundreds of home care workers in…
Court Orders Staffing Agency to Pay More Than $7.2M in Back Wages, Damages to 1,105 Aides, Nurses
A federal court in Virginia has entered a judgment ordering a Norfolk-based medical staffing agency, which intentionally violated federal laws and denied 1,105 certified nursing…
US DOL Recovers Nearly $25K in Back Wages, Damages for 26 Workers at Pittsburgh Home Health Service Company
Findings: The division’s investigation found that Three Rivers Home Care failed to pay an overtime premium on sign-on bonuses for 26 home health aides. The…
WV Nursing Care Facility Pays $270K in Back Wages, Damages to 166 Workers Following US DOL Investigation
A federal investigation recovered $270,984 in back wages and liquidated damages for 166 workers of a Princeton skilled nursing care facility. The employer failed to…
Charter Senior Living to Pay $31,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Charter Senior Living, LLC, a family-owned business based in Naperville, Illinois that operates senior living communities primarily in the Midwest and South, will pay $31,750…
Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Private Employer Vaccine Mandate but Lets Healthcare Rule Take Effect
The Supreme Court delivered a mixed ruling on the Biden Administration’s workplace Covid-19 vaccination requirements Thursday, reinstating a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers but temporarily…
US DOL Investigation Leads Former Owner to Repay Unpaid Health Plan Claims of Uninsured Employees
For months, 11 employees at a Somerset home healthcare agency faced costly medical bills, unaware their employer had failed to remit contributions withheld from their…
US DOL Recovers $126K for Employees after Federal Court Holds CT Home Healthcare Provider in Contempt
The US Marshals Service facilitated the seizure of $126,250 in back wages and liquidated damages and $22,413 in attorney’s fees from the corporate bank account…
US DOL Recovers $105k in Back Wages after Investigation Finds Overtime Violations by FL Healthcare Services Provider
An investigation by the US Department of Labor led to major changes by a Tampa employer in its pay practices that have the potential to…
US DOL Finds Oklahoma City Nursing Homes Operators Failed to Pay Workers for Time Spent in Training, Meetings
While nursing home workers continue to put themselves at-risk as the nation battles the ongoing pandemic, federal investigators found that the pay practices of three…