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Leni Fortson Category: Person Description: A Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Labor. Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 21 June 2022 | Federal investigation finds framing contractor willfully exposed workers to fall hazards at Luzerne, Pennsylvania, state salt storage stockpile The citations relate to the company’s failures to protect workers from falls as they performed carpentry work from elevated surfaces, to expose workers to falling or flying objects by not providing required eye, face and head protection, and for not training workers on scaffold-related hazards. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Byline: Leni Fortson Dateline: Luzerne, Pennsylvania  |
| 25 July 2022 | US Department of Labor recovers $115K in back wages, damages for 36 workers after investigation finds New Jersey car wash operator denied overtime Investigators determined Oriel Cohen – owner of New Casino Car Wash in Franklin Park and Riverdale Car Wash in Riverdale – failed to pay employees overtime at time-and-one-half their required rates of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson Dateline: Franklin Park, New Jersey Topics: New Casino Car Wash & Riverdale Car Wash |
| 22 August 2022 | US Department of Labor recovers $65K in back wages, damages for 3 workers denied overtime by gas station operators with history of costly violations The department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Om Shiva Enterprise Inc. – a Monaca-based operator of Sunoco gas stations and owner Durlabhju Ukani – did not pay employees the overtime they were legally due when they worked between 57 and 112 hours in a week. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Topic: Sunoco |
| 21 October 2022 | US Department of Labor urges West Virginia highway construction industry to join survey to set accurate prevailing wage rates The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts direct the department to set the prevailing wage rates that reflect the actual wages and fringe benefits paid to construction workers in the county where the work takes place. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins Dateline: Charleston, West Virginia |
| 28 November 2022 | Federal court orders gas station operator to pay $226K in back pay, damages for six New Jersey gas station attendants denied full wages The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a consent judgment on Oct. 5, 2022, ordering the employers to pay back wages as well as liquidated and punitive damages to six workers, in response to a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins |
| 30 November 2022 | US Department of Labor extends deadline for West Virginia highway construction projects’ prevailing wage surveys to Dec. 18 Surveys help the agency establish prevailing wage rates as the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts requires. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins Dateline: Charleston, West Virginia |