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Eric R. Lucero

Category: Person
Description: A Public Affairs Director for the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Article Index

DateArticleDetails
9 June 2022US Department of Labor recovers $161K in back wages, damages for 19 Georgia auto shop workers after finding minimum wage, overtime violations
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Cherokee Tire Service LLC kept some workers’ first weekly paychecks as a uniform deposit, which led to violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Erika Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero
Dateline: Canton, Georgia
Topic: Cherokee Tire Service
9 June 2022El Departamento de Trabajo recupera $161,000 en salarios atrasados, daños y perjuicios para 19 trabajadores de una tienda de artículos para automóviles tras descubrir infracciones del salario mínimo y de las horas extras
Los investigadores de la División de Horas y Salarios del departamento descubrió que Cherokee Tire Service LLC retenía el primer pago semanal de algunos trabajadores en concepto de depósito para uniformes, lo cual implica una infracción de la Ley de Normas Justas de Trabajo.
Press Release (text)

Language: Spanish Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Eric R. Lucero & Erika Ruthman
Dateline: Canton, Georgia
Topic: Cherokee Tire Service
16 June 2022US Department of Labor recovers $34K in back wages for 47 Charlotte delivery service workers denied overtime
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Riverstone Logistics LLC misapplied exemptions and paid employees a flat salary without an additional overtime premium for hours over 40 in a workweek, a Fair Labor Standards Act violation.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Eric R. Lucero & Erika Ruthman
Topic: Riverstone Logistics
27 June 2022US Department of Labor recovers $72K for 12 Brooksville auto repair techs
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. paid a salary for all hours employees worked and did not pay the required half-time for overtime hours worked.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Erika Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero
Topic: Magic Wheels Auto World
30 June 2022US Department of Labor recovers $62K in back wages, damages for 22 Alabama gas station cashiers denied full overtime wages
Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Kwik Shop Stores Inc. failed to compute correct overtime rates and pay full overtime wages due at its locations in Wetumpka and Montgomery.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Erika Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero
Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama
Topic: Kwik Shop
22 July 2022US Department of Labor seeks input from Georgia’s highway construction industry for wage survey to establish accurate prevailing wage rates
The DBRA directs 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: Eric R. Lucero
Dateline: Atlanta, Georgia
30 September 2022US Department of Labor invites Florida’s highway construction industry employers 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: Eric R. Lucero
Dateline: Atlanta, Georgia
12 October 2022El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $44,000 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para 2 trabajadores a quienes un contratista de envíos a domicilio de Jackson les negó las horas extras
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. ha recuperado $44,280 en salarios atrasados y daños y perjuicios para dos empleados de un contratista de envíos a domicilio de Jackson quien no les pagaba por el trabajo que realizaban fuera de horario en sus casas.
Press Release (text)
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Eric R. Lucero & Erika Ruthman
Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi
Topic: Douglas Express
12 October 2022US Department of Labor recovers $44K in back wages, damages for 2 workers denied overtime by Jackson ground delivery contractor
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $44,280 in back wages and liquidated damages for two employees of a Jackson ground delivery contractor who failed to compensate them for work they did off-the-clock from their homes.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Eric R. Lucero & Erika Ruthman
Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi
Topic: Douglas Express
11 October 2022Federal court orders Hyundai, Kia auto parts manufacturer to stop employing minors illegally, end ‘oppressive’ child labor law violations
The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal court order to stop an Alexander City manufacturer of Hyundai and Kia auto parts from employing 13-, 14- and 15-year-old workers illegally, and to prevent the company from shipping or delivering any goods produced in violation of federal child labor laws.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Eric R. Lucero & Erika Ruthman
Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama
Topics: Hyundai, Kia
24 January 2023Investigation into 41-year-old driver's death finds two delivery services companies failed to protect workers transporting dry ice in Alabama
In the summer of 2022, onlookers noticed a delivery truck stopped at about 8:15 a.m. one Wednesday morning on the University of Birmingham campus near what would have been the driver's first drop-off.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Byline: Erika B. Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero
Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama
Topic: Armstrong Transfer and Storage
24 January 2023La investigación sobre la muerte del conductor de 41 años encuentra que dos empresas de servicios de entrega no protegieron a los trabajadores que transportaban hielo seco en Alabama
En el verano de 2022, los espectadores notaron que un camión de reparto se detuvo alrededor de las 8:15 a. m. un miércoles por la mañana en el campus de la Universidad de Birmingham cerca de lo que habría sido la primera entrega del conductor.
Press Release (text)
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Byline: Erika B. Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero
Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama
Topic: Armstrong Transfer and Storage
16 February 2023US Department of Labor recovers $139K in back wages for 28 drivers after Florida motor carrier misapplied exemption, denied overtime
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the employer – which provides clean-up or dirt delivery to residential or construction sites in Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties – failed to pay the correct overtime to employees after misapplying a motor carrier exemption.
Press Release (text)
Publisher: Department of Labor
Byline: Eric R. Lucero & Erika Ruthman




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