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July 19, 2003 DOL Home > ESA > WHD > Garment > Report: Jul. - Sep. 2000 |
Garment Enforcement Report: July 2000 - September 2000 Wage & Hour Division
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TOTAL |
SOUTHWEST |
NEW YORK |
SOUTHEAST |
CALIFORNIA |
U.S. Territories |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Investigations Conducted |
125 |
6 |
74 |
6 |
34 |
5 |
Number of Investigations with Violations |
73 |
2 |
41 |
2 |
25 |
3 |
Amount of Back Wages Recovered |
$836,128 |
$947 |
$513,382 |
$3,704 |
$212,961 |
$105,134 |
Number of Receiving Back Wages |
1,263 |
2 |
742 |
16 |
337 |
166 |
Civil Fines Imposed |
$273,748 |
$0 |
$37,360 |
$1,680 |
$234,708 |
$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 July 1, 2000 and September 30, 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.
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 |
Manufacturers Identified as Doing Business |
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Fashion B & L, Inc. |
$50,000 |
R & D Dress Fashion, Ltd. 3 I.S.B. 2 |
First Winning |
$45,320 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
JWC |
$41,983 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
G&J |
$34,114 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
Bo Bo 168 |
$31,054 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
Cathay |
$28,573 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
Welltone |
$26,575 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
Unique Princess |
$24,522 |
Surf & Turf of CA 2 |
Wah Lung |
$21,456 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
FIC |
$21,393 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
ABC Garment Factory |
$20,561 |
I.S.B. 2 |
U May, Inc. |
$19,955 |
Hanky Panky Stallion 3 |
Tracycle |
$18,746 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
MBM |
$16,223 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
Gloria Young Design, Inc. |
$13,234 |
Greenwest, Inc. PCT |
Michelle Fashion, Inc. |
$12,183 |
Necessary Objects |
Dong's Fashion |
$11,524 |
Pink 'N Blue 3 |
Jioa Xin |
$10,933 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
Ervin, Inc. |
$10,691 |
Rickki B |
D.H.Z. Fashion, Inc. |
$9,655 |
Necessary Objects |
Celine Trading |
$7,557 |
Celine Collection 3 After Dark 3 |
My Viet Sewing Center |
$7,121 |
Play Alegre 3 |
99 Apparel, Inc. |
$6,458 |
Caribou Clothing Co., Inc. Necessary Objects |
CL Fashion Express, Inc. |
$5,628 |
L&L Manufacturing2 |
Ira Fashion |
$5,524 |
Younique Clothing, Inc. 3 Jenna Lane 2 |
Long Wing Garment |
$5,480 |
JXP Design 3 |
HL Fashion |
$4,814 |
Cisono 3 |
D&B |
$4,779 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
2YK Fashion |
$4,635 |
Jenna Lane 2 |
C&H Sportswear, Inc. |
$4,017 |
Leslie Faye/Cynthia Steffe, Inc. 2
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Sandy J. Fashion |
$3,554 |
ISB 2 |
Dragon Knitwear |
$3,461 |
Street Beat 2 |
Unique Fashion, Inc. |
$3,432 |
Marvin Richards |
FHM Clothing Mfg. Co., Inc. |
$3,021 |
Pincus Bros. Maxwell 3 |
JC Company |
$2,945 |
Natali 3 French Kiss Clothing 3 J Connection 3 |
A Motion Studio |
$2,925 |
Espirit de Corps 2 |
Gatsby Fashion Corp. |
$2,547 |
Foxcroft Sportswear 2 |
Cary Manuf |
$2,340 |
Richland Apparel 2 |
(1) |
$1,613 |
Empire International 3 |
Survival Sportswear |
$1,416 |
Straight Down 3 Billabong 3 Volcom 3 |
Trang Sewing |
$1,148 |
Teamwork Athlete Apparel |
My Viet Sewing Center |
In Dispute |
LGB, Inc. 3 Canari Cycle Wear 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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