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July 19, 2003 DOL Home > ESA > WHD > Garment > Report: Apr. - Jun. 1999 |
Garment Enforcement Report: April 1999 - June 1999 Wage & Hour Division
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TOTAL |
DALLAS |
NEW YORK |
SOUTHEAST |
CALIFORNIA |
CHICAGO |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Investigations Conducted |
205 |
8 |
127 |
10 |
20 |
3 |
Number of Investigations with Violations |
109 |
3 |
75 |
4 |
15 |
3 |
Amount of Back Wages Recovered |
$897,242 |
$13,291 |
$719,729 |
$48,044 |
$108,556 |
$4,954 |
Number of Receiving Back Wages |
2.363 |
149 |
1,437 |
359 |
381 |
27 |
Civil Fines Imposed |
$82,570 |
$0 |
$75,930 |
$1,260 |
$0 |
$4,900 |
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 April 1,1999 and June 30, 1999 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. If all or part of the back wages found by Wage and Hour to be owed to the contractor's employees have not been paid, this is noted by the designation "unpaid" in the Back Wages column. 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; and manufacturers that appear for the first time on a Garment Enforcement Report. 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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Dole Fashion |
$106,906 |
Ever Beauty 3 Siouni and Zar Corp. 2 Petach, Inc. 3 |
Happy Joy Sportswear, Inc. |
$85,045 |
Basic Views 3 |
Oriental Pearl Sportswear, Inc. |
$53,574 |
Best of All Clothing 3 |
Gold Swan Fashion, Inc. |
$47,784 |
Positive Influence Fashion 3 |
Amby Fashion Corp. |
$46,822 |
Fortune Casuals 3 |
(1) |
$46,212 |
QST Industries 3 |
New Jinda Fashion |
$34,280 |
Iris Singer 2,
3 |
Target Industry Fashion |
$26,338 |
Dawn Joy Fashions, Inc.
2 |
FQ & D Fashion, Inc. |
$25,650 |
Cool Wear 2 |
Successful Fashion |
$22,482 |
Necessary Objects |
G & J (NY) Fashion, Inc. |
$20,373 |
Petite Miss Company 3 |
Forum Trading #2 |
$20,077 |
David Paul 2 |
K & O Fashions, Inc. |
$19,918 |
Just in Thyme, LTD. 2 |
Sew Beautiful Fashion |
$18,692 |
Mustang Sportswear |
LeJeune Fashion, Inc. |
$18,468 |
Danny & Nicole/JulianTaylor
2, 3 |
Fashion Palace, Inc. |
$17,742 |
Malibu 3 |
Po Yin Fashion, Inc. |
$17,634 |
Dani Max |
Lucky 5 Fashion |
$17,020 |
R & M Richards, Inc. 2 |
Fortune Fashion, Inc. |
$16,753 |
Woodland Sportswear |
Winson Sportswear, Inc. |
$16,458 |
Star City 3 |
(1) |
$16,152 |
Garment Services, Inc. |
Grand Fashion Co., Inc. |
$15,783 |
Patra Ltd. |
J & N Finishing |
$15,000 |
Knitwork Productions 3 |
Innovation Sportswear |
$13,948 |
Leslie Fay 2 |
L & N Fashions, Inc. |
$13,268 |
Zero Insertion Force, Inc. 3 |
Myra Fashion, Inc. |
$13,119 |
M.I.S.S. Sportswear 3 |
Sun Shing Fashions, Inc. |
$12,745 |
Jeffrey & Dara |
Empire Clothing, Inc./ |
$12,237 |
Banu, Inc. 3 |
MCP Fashions, Inc. |
$11,730 |
Baby Guess |
(1) |
$11,691 |
Quality Quilters 3 |
Hollis Fashion, Inc. |
$11,650 |
Dixie Belle Textile Co. 3 |
Mott Street Production |
$11,527 |
Total Control Apparel 3 |
Honda Fashion, Inc. |
$11,116 |
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Hong Kong Fashion, Inc. |
$9,943 |
Miss Rossi Kidswear 3 |
Covello, Inc. |
$9,900 |
Streetbeat Sportswear 2 |
Richlyn Express |
$9,869 |
Dawn Joy Fashions, Inc. 2 |
Hong Chi Fashion, Inc. |
$9,838 |
Saint Germain 3 |
Lafayette Knit, Inc. |
$9,525 |
Urban Apparel Group 3 |
GLV Fashion, Inc. |
$9,373 |
Suzy Phillips 2 |
Top Star, Inc. |
$8,876 |
Fashion Art 3 |
Lucky One, Inc. |
$8,837 |
The Suite Co./Match Design 3 |
S.L. Apparel |
$8,776 |
Teamwork Athletic Apparel |
Paul Sportswear |
$8,075 |
FYC International 3 |
East River Fashion |
$8,061 |
Little Lady 2,
3 |
Liang Da, Inc. |
$7,986 |
Spoiled Rotten 3 |
NC Shop Corp. |
$7,674 |
Positive Attitude |
Lee Fat Fashion, Inc. |
$7,666 |
Zum Zum 3 |
Ho Jie Fashion, Inc. |
$7,498 |
R & M Richards, Inc. 3 |
Warchol Garment Co., Inc. |
$7,300 |
A Month of Sundays |
Three Stars Company |
$7,262 |
Mascott Apparel Ind., Inc. 3 |
Phoenix Fashion d/b/a |
$6,180 |
Alyn Paige 2 |
Excel King Sportswear, Inc. |
$6,159 |
The Daisy Group, Ltd. 2 |
Great G. Fashion, Inc. |
$5,862 |
Nu Venture 2 |
Wong's Sportswear |
$5,156 |
Dawn Joy Fashions, Inc. 2 |
LTT Fashions, Inc. |
$4,688 |
Dani Michaels, Inc. 2 |
E.J. Fashion, Inc. |
$4,553 |
Wildlife Sportswear |
Grade A Garment |
$4,521 |
Hanky Panky |
BBC Mgmt. Corp. |
$4,352 |
Aaron Kanhi 3 |
Maria Guerrera d/b/a |
$4,326 |
Damas Atlantic, Inc. 2, 3 |
KG Apparel, Inc. |
$4,283 |
Sunflower
3 |
M & S Fashion, Inc. |
$4,092 |
Dani Max
Ltd./Perceptions |
Lucky Well Fashion, Inc. |
$4,017 |
Habit/Saoul Brothers 3 |
W2L Fashion, Inc. |
$3,741 |
Danny & Nicole 2 |
M & M Sewing Co. |
$3,650 |
Karen Alexander |
A Class Fashion, Inc. |
$3,515 |
Dawn Joy 2 |
$3,242 |
First Choice |
|
Gold Time Corp. |
$3,180 |
Alison-Che 3 |
UU Fashion |
$2,977 |
ENA 2 |
Victo Fashion, Inc. |
$2,683 |
Rockland
3 |
Komet Corp. |
$2,554 |
Lloyd Sportswear 2
|
Lady Kee & Co. |
$2,419 |
Canvasback 3 |
J & J Fashion, Inc. |
$2,312 |
D.J. Summers |
Tuff Jeans |
$2,193 |
Lucky Brands 3 |
Stillwell Fashion, Inc. |
$2,052 |
Danny & Nicole 2 |
Cary Manufacturer |
$1,623 |
Verticle Clothing 2, 3 |
TV Sewing |
$1,494 |
Howard Wolf 2 |
John Fashion, Inc. |
$1,350 |
|
China Rose, Inc. |
$1,174 |
D.J. Summers, Inc. |
HRM Fashions |
$1,119 |
Ashwood, Inc. 2 |
$1,004 |
Erickson Outdoors |
1. Manufacturer contacted because of own
violations.
2. Manufacturer agreed to begin monitoring
programs, or has a monitoring in place.
3. First time manufacturer has been
included on Enforcement Report.
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