Security firm Andrews Int'l still owes $1,800,000 for 5 Wage Theft settlements, + 4 suits pending

Andrews International, one of the nations largest security firms is still facing 4 law suits for Wage Theft after already having settled 5 Wage Theft suits for $1.8 million in back wages. There are other allegations of Andrews International labor law violations in NYC and LA.

http://insecurewithandrews.org/press/

As Wage Theft Rises, States and Cities Crack Down

AP piece in New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/17/us/AP-US-Immigrants-Wage-Theft.html

New York State Dept. of Labor: Nearly $88,000 owed to 93 Ithaca restaurant employees

An investigation into 22 Ithaca restaurants by the New York State Department of Labor found that only five were completely compliant with the states labor laws, and that six of the 17 restaurants in violation owed 93 of their workers a total of $87,925.

http://readme.readmedia.com/Targeted-Labor-Department-Investigation-Finds-Ithaca-Restaurant-Workers-Victimized-by-Wage-Theft/993943

The article in the local paper,

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20091210/NEWS01/912100428/Ithaca+restaurants+cited+for+labor+violations

300 Wal-Mart warehouse temp workers file class action Wage Theft lawsuit

300 workers from a Chicago area Walmart warehouse are filing a class action lawsuit against their subcontractor for infractions including splitting pay-checks so as to evade overtime payment, as well as not receiving full payment for the hours worked.

http://communitymediaworkshop.org/newstips/?p=1057

and,

http://trueslant.com/clairebushey/2009/12/10/we-are-being-defrauded-worker-says/

Wal-Mart pays $40,000,000 to 87,500 employees after 8 year Wage Theft suit, largest in MA history.

Initially filed in 2001, a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart was settled for Wage Theft violations including denied breaks, unpaid overtime, and manipulated time cards, for $40 million to be paid to 87,500 current and former employees with each receiving between $400 and $2,500 for an average of $734 per employee.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/03/wal_mart_will_pay_40m_to_workers/?page=1

Marc's grocery store chain pays over $426,000 to employees for overtime violations: ABC News affiliate WYTV

Due to last Tuesdays court ruling, employees from Marc's grocery stores both in Ohio and Connecticut will receive a settlement of more than $426,000 from fees for overtime violations.

http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Court-Rules-in-Favor-of-Marcs-Workers/gOxDbGHnVk2wcD1cdPyqfA.cspx

Michigan wage and hour division collects $2.3 million in unpaid wages and benefits for workers

The state of Michigan’s Wage & Hour Division collected more than $2.3 million in unpaid wages and fringe benefits in fiscal year 2009 that were due workers in the state.
The Division investigates complaints alleging non-payment of wages and fringe benefits, state minimum wage, overtime, equal pay and prevailing wage. It also monitors youth employment standards, including hours of work and safe, non-hazardous working conditions.

http://www.michnews.org/2009/11/michigans-wage-hour-division-collects-2-3-million-in-unpaid-workers-wages-in-fy-2009/

8 DC day laborers recover $10,000

With the help of DC Jobs with Justice, and the DC Employment Justice Center, eight day laboreres in Wasington D.C. recovered $10,000 for underpayment by a contractor working on a DC public school building.

http://www.jufj.org/node/418

British employer pays US workers almost $400,000 in backwages

RBG USA Inc. underpaid 482 contract engineers, construction and technical personnel.
RBG USA Inc. is a subsidiary of Aberdeen, Scotland-based RBG Ltd. and provides engineering services to oil, gas, petrochemical and wind-power industries.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6727515.html