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July 19, 2003 DOL Home > ESA > WHD > Garment > Report: Jul. - Sep. 1996 |
Garment Enforcement Report: July 1996 - September 1996 Wage & Hour Division
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TOTAL |
NEW YORK |
PHILADELPHIA |
ATLANTA |
DALLAS |
CALIFORNIA |
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Number of Investigations Conducted |
194 |
71 |
4 |
18 |
3 |
98 |
Number of Investigations with Violations |
118 |
44 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
67 |
Amount of Back Wages Recovered |
$786,264 |
$342,385 |
$7,612 |
$14,239 |
$68,342 |
$353,686 |
Number of Receiving Back Wages |
2,208 |
885 |
18 |
71 |
221 |
1,013 |
Civil Fines Imposed |
$108,485 |
$7,310 |
$0 |
$3,075 |
$0 |
$98,100 |
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, 1996 and September 30, 1996 and informed of contractor violations. (Also included are several manufacturers contacted at the end of the third quarter but not included in that report.) 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 as the release date, this is noted by the designation "unpaid" in the Back Wages column. Payment of back wages does not constitute an admission of liability of 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.
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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Mitzel Corp. |
$52,538 |
European Club3 |
JNT Sewing/ |
$50,00 |
Focus Apparel Group2 |
Perri, Inc. |
$37,257 |
Jonathan Martin2 |
Sun Look Garment Inc. |
$36,640 |
Jessica McClintock2 , 3 |
Y & D Fashion |
$32,683 |
Silver Nickels3 |
Kenny Two, Inc. |
$25,503 |
RSV Sports2
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Goldstar Fashion, Inc. |
$25,000 |
LA Gold Clothing2 |
Wing Wah Inc. |
$24,943 |
Santa Fe3 |
New Always |
$22,384 |
Santa Fe3 |
Combo Fashions |
$20,030 |
Turn On Products2 |
T.B. Sewing |
$17,189 |
Focus Apparel Group2 |
Wai Ming |
$16,290 |
Santa Fe3 |
Monica's Sewing |
$15,864 |
San Francisco Clothing Co.3 |
Lone Star |
$15,064 |
Fashion Ave. Knits3 |
Nutri Fshions |
$14,771 |
Bertwood Industries3 |
Focus Apparel |
$13,413 |
Brasking, Inc.2 , 3 |
Spring Fashion |
$13,000 |
Speed Fashion3 |
Hector Finishing |
$12,944 |
K.D. Company3 |
$12,000 |
Seil Fashion, Inc.3 |
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Ruby & Janet |
$11,828 |
Alyn Paige Inc.2 |
Modelee Fashion |
$11,573 |
New Star Wholesale3 |
Update Productions |
$11,383 |
Santa Fe3 |
Sunrise & Sons, Inc. |
$10,650 |
Action Gear3 |
Sanchez Fashion |
$10,000 |
Paris Blues2 |
Luz & Jose |
$9,093 |
Carole Little3 |
Bayshore Garment |
$8,333 |
Sierra Designs3 |
New World Design |
$8,155 |
Sideout Sport, Inc.3 |
LA CA Apparel |
$7,973 |
Back to Back3 |
Newton Fashion |
$7,707 |
Moshay, Inc.2 , 3 |
Mon Ami |
$7,183 |
Street Beat Sportswear3 |
One Way Sewing |
$7,035 |
Sublime3 |
Quality Express |
$7,026 |
Brethren Distribution Inc.3 |
K-Fong Garment |
$6,479 |
Gilda Marx 3 |
Dragon Fashion |
$5,646 |
Rampage Clothing Co.2 |
Dae Sung Fashions |
$5,484 |
Hampton Dress3 |
C & Y Apparel |
$5,000 |
Kevin G. Inc.3 |
Aroom |
$5,000 |
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Anza Fashion |
$4,379 |
M. Shapiro & Co.3 |
Hot American Jeans, Inc. |
$4,291 |
The American Group, Inc.3 |
Omni Knitting |
$4,115 |
Canyon, Inc.3 |
S & S Manufacture Co. |
$4,066 |
Byer of California2 |
Headline Garment |
$3,540 |
RDF Associates, Inc.3 |
Robert Shoe |
$3,535 |
Tripp NYC3 |
D J Apparel |
$3,486 |
S S M Studio3 |
G Men, Inc. |
$3,450 |
Trans Fashions, Inc.3 |
$3,346 |
Deltaknitwear 3 |
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Golden City |
$3,100 |
Jerry Leigh2 |
Anza Fashion |
$3,072 |
Danny Boy Inc.3 |
$2,957 |
Ameritex Int. |
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$2,830 |
H I P Industries3 |
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Dong Kim |
$2,800 |
C H A Enterprises3 |
$2,772 |
Brafis Industries3 |
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S & F Sportswear |
$2,760 |
Puzzles Sportswear3 |
Onix Sportswear |
$2,596 |
Lilli Group3 |
Firman Finishing |
$2,514 |
Peter Carol Knitwear3 |
A World of Fashion |
$2,483 |
Paulette Undergarment, Co.3 |
Tony Yon |
$2,302 |
Azteca Production2 |
T & J Fashions |
$2,285 |
Mother's Work, Inc.2 |
J. Fashion |
$2,233 |
JB America, Inc.3 |
Sunju Fashion |
$2,211 |
Item Ltd.3 |
T&T Fashion |
$2,198 |
Back to Back3 |
NAISA Corp. |
$2,040 |
Mother's Work Inc.2 |
TQC Fashion |
$2,040 |
EZ Connection, Inc.3 |
S&Y |
$2,000 |
Speed Fashion3 |
Pollo Fashion |
$1,985 |
Pasat, Inc.3 |
Wing Tai Fashion |
$1,935 |
Big Time Fashion3 |
F&D Fashion |
$1,816 |
Promises, Promises, Inc.3 |
ABC Fashion |
$1,694 |
Cynthia Maxx3 |
A & B Fashion |
$1,515 |
American Beauty3 |
Barajas Fashion |
$1,401 |
Sara Sara3 |
Lin Company |
$1,333 |
Wekendz off3 |
James Apparel |
$1,332 |
Bee Darlin, Inc.3 |
Hot Shot Design |
$1,000 |
Erica Simone, Inc.3 |
Focus Apparel |
(In Dispute) |
BMY International3 |
Seaboard Int. |
(In Dispute) |
No Fear 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.
* Manufacturers on the list that have agreed to monitor their contractors for future compliance are designated with an asterisk.
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