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Department of Labor begins debt collection against Ohio landscaping company barred from federal worker program after owner allegedly threatened workers

Department of Labor begins debt collection against Ohio landscaping company barred from federal worker program after owner allegedly threatened workers

Hoenigman Landscaping Co. ordered to pay $169K in wages, penalties

NEWBURY, OH – The U.S. Department of Labor has initiated debt collection procedures against a Newbury landscaping company that allegedly threatened workers for cooperating with a federal investigation that found the company and its owner owes $169,015 in back wages and damages to 19 affected workers. 

The action follows a Wage and Hour Division investigation, which identified numerous violations of the H-2B visa program by…

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