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A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that Endemol Latino NA, a TV production company in Miami, owes $70,341 in back wages to 82 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Care at Home LLC, a Connecticut home care agency, to recover unpaid overtime wages, and liquidated damages, for 51 current and former employees.

Care Transport Service LLC, a South Florida medical transportation service company, will pay $75,358 in back wages to 51 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the employer violated overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Dollar General Corporation will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Pennsylvania’s Central Laundry Inc. ordered to pay $239,269 in back wages, and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 21 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

American Sugar Refining Inc. was hit with a $2.35 million jury verdict for racial bias against an employee in its Yonkers location, less than two months after a separate jury hit the company with a $13.4 million verdict for sex discrimination.

Ranco Construction, will pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations it committed multiple False Claims Act violations by contracting for public construction jobs while paying its workers a lower hourly wage than required by state and federal law.

Farmingdale Auto Collision will pay $306,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 21 employees to resolve violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The Department of Labor has recovered $2,079,596 in back wages and liquidated damages for 87 attendants working at 25 southern New Jersey gas stations. This payment resolves pay violations found during a series of investigations by the department.

A former female Operations Director at Mike Isabella Concepts, a chain of restaurants owned by celebrity chef Mike Isabella, filed a lawsuit against the company alleging they violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by creating and perpetuating a hostile work environment against women in the workplace.