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The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered two Phoenix-based drywall and painting companies, Apodaca Wall Systems Inc. and Empire Wall Systems Inc., to pay over $7.4 million in back wages and damages for intentionally denying overtime pay to more than 1,400 employees. The companies used multiple schemes to avoid paying required overtime, including issuing multiple…
WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Vince Micone today transmitted Secretary’s Order 03-2025 to all department employees, directing them to cease and desist all investigative and enforcement activity under the rescinded Executive Order 11246 and the regulations promulgated under it. The order applies to all department employees, including the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Office…