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Fuel Stations Category: Subject Description: Information on gas stations. Page Sections: Article Index |
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| 30 June 2022 | US Department of Labor recovers $62K in back wages, damages for 22 Alabama gas station cashiers denied full overtime wages Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Kwik Shop Stores Inc. failed to compute correct overtime rates and pay full overtime wages due at its locations in Wetumpka and Montgomery. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Erika Ruthman & Eric R. Lucero Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama  Topic: Kwik Shop |
| 11 August 2022 | Baton Rouge car wash, oil change, convenience store operator cited after federal workplace safety investigation into stabbing of assistant manager The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the B-Quik location on Greenwell Springs Road – owned and operated by Benny’s Car Wash & Oil Change – for failing to protect its workers from violence and for waiting 15 days to report the worker’s hospitalization. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Occupational Safety & Health Administration Byline: Chauntra Rideaux & Juan J. Rodríguez Dateline: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Topic: B-Quik |
| 22 August 2022 | US Department of Labor recovers $65K in back wages, damages for 3 workers denied overtime by gas station operators with history of costly violations The department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Om Shiva Enterprise Inc. – a Monaca-based operator of Sunoco gas stations and owner Durlabhju Ukani – did not pay employees the overtime they were legally due when they worked between 57 and 112 hours in a week. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Topic: Sunoco |
| 15 November 2022 | Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP); Correction Eligible entities include: fueling stations, convenience stores, hypermarket retailer fueling stations, fleet facilities, and similar entities with equivalent capital investments, as well as fuel/biodiesel terminal operations, midstream operations, and heating oil distribution facilities or equivalent entities. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agencies: CCC & RBCS Byline: Zach Ducheneaux & Karama Neal |
| 28 November 2022 | Federal court orders gas station operator to pay $226K in back pay, damages for six New Jersey gas station attendants denied full wages The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a consent judgment on Oct. 5, 2022, ordering the employers to pay back wages as well as liquidated and punitive damages to six workers, in response to a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Labor. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Department of Labor Byline: Leni Fortson & Joanna Hawkins |