The US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has collected more than $1 billion in back wages and damages for 615,000 workers since President Joe Biden took office, the agency said Tuesday.
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Wage and Hour Administrator Jessica Looman made the announcement during a tour of an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ local in Nanticoke, Pa.
“We don’t want a ‘what’s the harm in trying’ philosophy when it comes to not paying workers’ wages,” Su said during a roundtable event at the training center.
The number stems from investigations concluded by the division from ...
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