Excerpt from: Colorado Human Resource Solutions and Payroll Solutions
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| January 04, 2008 | | U.S. DOL's Wage and Hour Division announces record wage recovery for 2007 | The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced its enforcement data for Fiscal Year 2007. For 2007, 341,624 workers received recovered back wages in the amount of $220,613,703 (the highest recovered amount for any year). Paul DeCamp, administrator for the Wage and Hour Division said "This record-breaking performance demonstrates the department's commitment to protecting workers." Since FY 2000, WHD has recouped more than $1.25 billion for nearly two million workers. More information on agency results is available on the Wage and Hour Division Web site at www.dol.gov/esa/whd. | | |
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