UPDATE: Labor Department Enforcement Reaches 10-Year High; Wage and Hour Division Recovers $175 Million for Workers

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: December 18, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that $175 million in back wages collected for 263,593 workers in FY 2002 is the largest amount collected by the department in 10 years. The Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division achieved a 33 percent increase over FY 2001 in back wages as well as increases in the number of concluded cases and enforcement hours.

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