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worker rights

Hours Worked = Hours Paid

Filed in Wage and Hour Issues, Wages and Benefits • By: Juan Coria • February 22, 2024

Left to right: Arnulfo Antonio Luna, Jafet Luna Martinez and Demetria Jones

These workers stood up for their rights in the face of wage theft.

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Protecting Workers' Rights at the Super Bowl

Filed in Wage and Hour Issues, Wages and Benefits • By: Gene Ramos • February 7, 2024

Exterior shot of a football stadium at night in Las Vegas, with an enormous sign reading "Super Bowl LVIII"

The low-wage workers who make the Super Bowl possible are often at risk of wage theft, labor trafficking, illegal child labor and other labor violations. We work hard to protect

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Collaborating with Advocates Gets Construction Workers Paid

Filed in Wages and Benefits, Wage and Hour Issues • By: Elizabeth Zimmer-Mull • October 13, 2023

Diego Low (fourth from left) with other worker advocates and Wage and Hour Division staff

We’re trying to locate hundreds of construction workers who were employed by Force Corp., AB Construction Group Inc., Juliano Fernandes and Anderson dos Santos after securing $1.8 million through litigation

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We can help keep your business running, even when catastrophe strikes

Filed in Wage and Hour Issues, Wages and Benefits • By: Betty Campbell • September 14, 2023

Visible wind damage in the wake of a storm. A roof and siding have been ripped from a building.

Here are a few tips to help protect your bottom line, and your employees' wages, in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

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Getting Hard-Earned Wages into the Hands of Farmworkers

Filed in Wage and Hour Issues, Español • By: Juan Coria • June 8, 2022

Wage and Hour investigator Juan Coria stands in a field. Workers are visible on a tractor behind him.

To highlight our efforts to make sure farmworkers get the wages they earn, acting Wage and Hour Division Administrator Jessica Looman is on the road this week in the Southeast

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