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July 19, 2003 DOL Home > ESA > WHD > Garment > Report: Jan. - Mar. 2000 |
Garment Enforcement Report: January 2000 - March 2000 Wage & Hour Division
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TOTAL |
PHILADELPHIA |
NEW YORK |
SOUTHEAST |
CALIFORNIA |
U.S. Territories |
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Number of Investigations Conducted |
100 |
15 |
28 |
13 |
39 |
5 |
Number of Investigations with Violations |
46 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
19 |
5 |
Amount of Back Wages Recovered |
$1,795,167 |
$2,390 |
$135,792 |
$5,323 |
$373,793 |
$1,277,866 |
Number of Receiving Back Wages |
2,614 |
2 |
352 |
43 |
424 |
1,793 |
Civil Fines Imposed |
$49,628 |
$0 |
$0 |
$1,828 |
$47,800 |
$0 |
As part of its enforcement process, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division contacts a garment manufacturer when an investigation reveals that a sewing contractor with whom the manufacturer does business has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Listed below are the names of manufacturers contacted between January 1, 2000 and March 31, 2000 and informed of contractor violations. In a few cases the manufacturer contact occurred earlier, but inclusion of the case in the report was delayed. The contractors and manufacturers are included on this list based on investigative findings of violations, not a judicial determination that any firm has violated the law.
Except where noted, the violations have been resolved and back wages paid by either the contractor or the manufacturer. Payment of back wages does not constitute an admission of liability by any firm.
Only cases in which Wage and Hour found back wages due in excess of $1,000, whether for employees of a contractor or manufacturer, are included on the list. Manufacturers on the list did not necessarily receive goods produced in violation of the FLSA for which back wages were owed, or pay all or part of the back wages: Wage and Hour notifies manufacturers of violations by contractors with whom they did business during the relevant time frame regardless of whether the goods involved were produced for that manufacturer. The manufacturer may or may not still be doing business with the contractor.
The contractors are listed in descending order by the amount of back wages found due. The severity of contractors' violations, however, cannot be compared on the basis of the dollar amounts on this list. Back wage amounts paid to contractor employees vary based upon the facts, circumstances and time periods involved. When there has been no final determination of whether there were any FLSA violations, or, where there were violations, of the amount of back wages owed, the case is listed at the end of the Report with the notation "In Dispute" in the back wage column.
Footnotes designate manufacturers that were contacted because of their own violations; manufacturers that have agreed to monitor or are monitoring their contractors for future compliance; manufacturers that appear for the first time on a Garment Enforcement Report; and amounts assessed in civil money penalties for child labor violations. Firms that have been included on prior Reports are in boldface type.
The Report presents all information available to the Department of Labor as of the date of publication with respect to the reported investigations. If the Department obtains new information pertinent to an investigation on the Report after that date, it will update the Report, both the Internet and hard copy versions, to reflect that new information.
This list does not constitute an endorsement by the federal government of any company, nor does it constitute disapproval of any company.
Contractor |
Back wages found by Wage & Hour to be due contractor employees |
Manufacturers Identified as Doing Business with Contractor During Investigation Period |
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Bal Fashion, Inc. |
$60,962 |
Mascott Apparel Industries, Inc. 3 Columbia Sportswear 3 Fashion Four Season 3 YMLA 3 |
DNK, Inc. |
$38,324 |
Azteca 2 L'Koral 2 |
Vivi Fashion |
$25,702 |
Surf & Turf of CA 3 LF Sportswear |
Fu Ton Fashion |
$21,767 |
Liberty Apparel 3 Loona Moona 3 |
Eighty Fashion |
$16,972 |
Liberty Apparel 3 |
Tina Fashion |
$15,000 |
ILU |
T B Garment, Inc. |
$13,613 |
Vintage Blue 2
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Antanelli Sewing |
$13,531 |
Atlas Sportswear Jonathan Martin KNL 3 |
TTY Style |
$13,224 |
Divine Collection Liberty Apparel 3 |
M&F Fashion Flower. |
$12,074 |
N.Y. Invasion 3 J.B.S. Limited |
Brightness Industry, Inc. |
$11,500 |
Versailles |
New Lucky Sportswear |
$11,440 |
Dani Max Live Collection Bazar New York 3 Danny Casey a/k/a DC 3 |
USA Garment |
$10,826 |
Cobra Apparel 3 E Male America 3 Lee Thomas 2 |
New Win Fine Fashion, Inc. |
$10,029 |
J.B.S. Limited |
Jin Apparel, Inc. |
$9,525 |
Finese |
Morning Fashion |
$9,243 |
Finefield Group 3 Roman Apparel A M Casual 3 California Concepts 2 |
King Fashion |
$8,803 |
Clue Clothing Co. 3 Candice Judy Knapp 2 American Cruiser |
Su Ca Sa Fashion |
$7,835 |
Super Line Bodice `N Knit 3 |
Golden Eagle Sewing |
$7,469 |
California Apparel, Inc. 3 |
Leo Lucky Fashion |
$7,231 |
Liberty Apparel 3 |
NT&T Fashion |
$6,676 |
Great Escape Teaze of CA |
Great Time |
$6,592 |
J.B.S. Limited |
R&Y Fashion |
$6,190 |
Time Out 3 Vitra Industry, Inc. 3 |
JR Fashions |
$5,204 |
Richland Apparel 2 |
Fang Fashion |
$4,913 |
Fritzi 2 Jalate 2 John Paul Richard L'Koral 2 GSL Apparel Group 2 California Concepts 2 Caeco Enterprises, Inc. 3 |
K&H Style |
$4,687 |
Jenna Lane 2 Essential Gear by Vidal 3 Liberty Apparel 3 |
Fashion Star, Inc. |
$4,560 |
J.B.S. Limited Robyn's Dream 3 NY Invasion Co. 3 |
Treasure Fashions |
$4,272 |
Romance Du Jour |
A&M Fashion |
$4,223 |
Chere Amie 2 JRB Pacico, Inc. |
Poly Garment |
$4,084 |
Infinity 3 Natter Knit Sportswear 3 Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit |
Sun Fashion |
$3,915 |
Moine Fashion 3 Buniel |
QC Sewing Company |
$3,870 |
Vintage Blue |
Penney Fashion |
$3,858 |
Balkster's Big Flirt 3 Swat Fame 2 Complete Clothing Co. 3 |
Contract Associates |
$3,812 |
Jalate 2 |
Lupitas Sportswear |
$3,438 |
Boom Boom |
KV Sportswear |
$3,355 |
J&F Design Milano Express |
Orbit Enterprise |
$3,190 |
L&D 3 HYC Athene, Inc. 3 Pacico, Inc. |
Danny Fashion |
$2,792 |
Imagine Kids, Inc. Kids Daniella 3 |
Sie Fashion |
$2,512 |
La Belle 2 |
Finishing Solutions, Inc. |
$2,053 |
Trio Knitting Mills 3 |
Artistic Fashion |
$1,161 |
Boy Blue |
Antanelli Sewing |
In dispute |
L'Koral 2 |
Bal Fashion, Inc. |
In dispute |
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Brightness Industry, Inc. |
In dispute |
Synari 3 Dresses for Less 3 |
K V Sportswear |
In dispute |
Boom Boom Classy Lady Clue Clothing Co. 3 City Fashion Express 3 Hapa Clothing Co. 3 Private Label 2 Rag Brokers SMI 3 |
Lupitas Sportswear |
In dispute |
Rad Clothing US Boys 2 Diamonds |
New Lucky Sportswear |
In dispute |
Total Control Apparel Synari 3 Urban Stitching 3 Bazar New York 3 Dresses for Less 3 |
Tina Fashion |
In dispute |
Lip Service 3 |
Treasure Fashions |
In dispute |
Dimples Apparel, Inc. |
Vivi Fashion |
In dispute |
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(1) |
In dispute |
Marie Trinite Fashions 3 |
1 Manufacturer contacted because of own
violations.
2 Manufacturer agreed to begin
contractor monitoring program, or has a monitoring program in place.
3 First time manufacturer has been included on
Enforcement Report.
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