Boss Watch

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, November 22, and Friday, November 29 Mississippi Killer The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with a Mississippi steel pipe manufacturer with a long history of safety failures to correct recent conditions that led to a 25-year-old employee’s fatal injuries in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, November 8, and Friday, November 22 Kentucky Child Abusers The U.S. Department of Labor has found a franchisee of two Marco’s Pizza restaurants in Knoxville employed children to clean and disassemble dangerous equipment and work outside of legally allowed hours, in violation of federal child…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, November 1, and Friday, November 8 Florida Killers A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found two contractors could have prevented a crane collapse at a Fort Lauderdale residential construction site in April 2024, which caused a 27-year-old rigger to suffer fatal injuries after falling approximately…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, October 11, and Friday, October 25 Alabama Killers A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation has found that a Huntsville countertop installation company could have prevented a 33-year-old employee from being struck by a stone slab weighing thousands of pounds by following federal safety…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, October 4, and Friday, October 11 Georgia Retaliators A federal administrative law judge has ruled that CSX Transportation Inc., a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest transportation companies, must pay a total of $453,510 to two railroad workers who were wrongfully terminated for exercising…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, September 6, and Friday, September 13 Missouri Million Dollar Thief The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in federal court against a Jefferson City buffet restaurant and its owner, after investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found servers worked for tips only…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, September 6, and Friday, September 13 North Carolina Polluters Today, Sept. 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act settlement agreement with Rudy’s Performance Parts Inc. (Rudy’s), a North Carolina automotive parts manufacturer and seller, and its owner,…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 30, and Friday, September 6 Texas Thieves The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $103,665 in back wages for 38 workers employed by a Southlake landscaping company that misclassified them as independent contractors and, by doing so, denied them overtime pay. The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 23, and Friday, August 30 Texas Thieves Bartenders at two Dallas-area restaurants who depend on good tips in return for great service will recoup $197,902 in earnings after federal investigators found the establishments’ owner and operator forced them to share tips with non-tipped employees…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 9, and Friday, August 23 Mississippi Killers The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with a Hattiesburg poultry processing plant that requires the company to pay $164,814 in fines and implement enhanced safety measures to protect their employees from well-known machine…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, August 2, and Friday, August 9 Oklahoma Killers An Edmond contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2018, including three related to the dangers in underground trenches, was found disregarding U.S. Department of Labor regulations. In February 2024, investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, July 26, and Friday, August 2 Texas Killers An El Paso contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old employee from suffering fatal injuries in February 2024 by following federally required safety standards to avoid trench collapses, the same failure for which the U.S. Department of Labor has…