LM StaffSep 5, 2024
The Wage and Hour Division determined J.P. Above & Beyond Landscaping’s violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act included failing to pay overtime at time and one-half an employee’s rate of pay for hours over 40 in a workweek.
LM StaffFeb 26, 2024
Dario’s Landscaping will pay $1.1 million, plus $12,021 in post-judgment interest and will be debarred from the H-2B program for one year.
LM StaffAug 16, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent order to enable the recovery of $317,097 in back wages from an Ambler, Pa., swimming pool subcontractor.
LM StaffFeb 15, 2023
U.S. Department of Labor said Grandview Landscape and Irrigation and its owners made various violations including denied overtime wages, among other infractions.
LM StaffNov 9, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release an additional 65K H-2B visas in the 2023 fiscal year, the maximum amount of supplemental visas allowed.
The Department of Labor's H-2B visa compliance initiative has made significant progress in the Southeast, including barring one landscaping operation.
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $56,000 in back wages from Hawaii landscaping company, Aikane Nursery & Landscaping.
LM StaffJul 6, 2022
Alleged federal overtime pay violations by a Nevada landscaper garner a fine and forced backpay recovery through the U.S. Department of Labor.
LM StaffJun 27, 2022
A New Jersey landscaper must repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in withheld overtime pay to its employees, a federal court rules.
Department of Labor investigators found Shurina Brothers of New Kensington, Pa., failed to pay employees time-and-a-half for overtime.
The Department of Homeland Security will make available 35,000 supplemental H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2020. The…
LM StaffOct 30, 2019
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Michael Osbourn, the owner of Mike Osbourn Lawn Care, will…
Abby HartNov 10, 2023
How companies, manufacturers and industry pros are tackling landscaping's labor shortage.
Daniel S. GordonNov 3, 2023
How do you determine if a worker is an employee or an independent contractor? H The IRS is cracking down on employee misclassification.
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor will publish a joint rule making an additional 30,000 H-2B visas available.
Gregg RobertsonNov 3, 2023
On March 7, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed regulations concerning the much-anticipated revised threshold for workers exempt from overtime pay. The rule proposes to…
Andrew BrayNov 10, 2023
On Jan. 25, Congress and the president reached an agreement to reopen the government for 21 days.
The Department of Labor (DOL)’s online portal for H-2B seasonal work visa applications is now fully operational. The online portal, called iCERT, crashed in the…
In September, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a nationwide initiative to strengthen compliance in the landscape industry with the labor provisions of the…
LM StaffSep 13, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a nationwide initiative to strengthen compliance with the labor provisions of the…
LM StaffAug 6, 2018
PPM Outdoor in Kissimmee, Fla., has paid $55,345 to 40 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer…
Dillon StewartAug 16, 2023
Across the United States, the H.R. meetings were over, the timecards created and the systems in place, but just days before the Department of Labor's…
On Nov. 22, a federal judge blocked the Department of Labor (DOL) rule extending overtime eligibility to millions of American workers. The new rule was…
The Wage and Hour division of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy is hosting a webinar Oct. 17…
