Employers: Don’t Be Part of the Department of Labor’s Statistics
The Department of Labor is reporting that it collected $322 million in back wages for workers in fiscal year 2019, which is a record. The amount collected in fiscal year 2018 was also a record at that time. This should put to rest any concerns about DOL enforcement policies under a Republican administration. Most of the cases involved overtime compensation ($186 million), and about $40 million involved failure to pay minimum wage. In any...
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