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Joanna Hawkins Category: Person Description: A Deputy Regional Director for the U.S. Department of Labor's Philadelphia Office of Public Affairs. Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 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 |