Boss Watch

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 17 and Friday, May 24 Texas Polluters Today, May 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the filing of a felony criminal charge and related civil complaint and consent decree under the Clean Air Act against TPC Group…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 10 and Friday, May 17 South Carolina Thieves U.S. Department of Labor investigators found a West Columbia gas station and convenience retailer failed to pay 29 employees overtime rates as required by law. Specifically, Samer Express, a gas station/convenience store combo established in South Carolina in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 3 and Friday, May 10 Florida Endangerers For the third time in five years, a federal investigation has found the operator of multiple psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities, has had workers seriously injured or killed in violent patient attacks, including an employee who suffered serious…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 26 and Friday, May 3 South Carolina Killers A major East Coast ship repair and servicing company’s failure to make safety its #1 priority, a promise made on its website, has led to another employee fatality — the fourth in five years — a…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 19 and Friday, April 26 Florida Killers Federal workplace safety investigators have determined that a Tampa-area construction contractor could have prevented a 37-year-old aerial lift operator from suffering fatal injuries after being struck by a boom as a crane tipped over during work on…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, April 5 and Friday, April 12

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 29 and Friday, April 5 Tennessee Child Abusers Federal workplace safety inspectors found a Missouri roofing contractor again risking the safety of its employees by failing to protect them against the construction industry’s deadliest hazard — falls from heights — at five residential worksites in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 22 and Friday, April 1 —TENNESSEE CHILD ABUSERS— The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor has obtained a federal consent judgment that requires a Morristown manufacturer of outdoor power equipment components for major companies including John Deere, Toro and Yamaha to stop…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 8 and Friday, March 15 —MISSOURI THIEVES— A Park Hills vegetable farming and packing operation will pay $479,983 in back wages to 208 workers, following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. In a consent order and judgment entered in…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 15 and Friday, March 22 Alabama Killer A 38-year-old worker at a Cullman manufacturing plant suffered fatal injuries after getting caught inside a molding machine, a fatality the employer could have prevented by following established safety rules, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, March 1 and Friday, March 8 —GEORGIA KILLER— Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that on Aug. 10, 2023, two Pyles Plumbing and Utility Contractors Inc. employees in Macon, GA were installing sewer-line piping in a trench when the…

Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, February 16 and Friday, February 23 —VIRGINIA THIEF— The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has recovered nearly $900,000 in back wages and damages after its investigation found a Norfolk home care employer denied 108 workers their hard-earned overtime pay. The division’s investigation…