Does an employer owe you unpaid wages? The federal government could be holding back pay from an employer that you need to claim -- and it's easy to find out. The Department of Labor recovered $257 million in back pay in 2020 from employers who owed workers money due to paying less than minimum wage, for example, or withholding overtime pay.
Over the last five years, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor has recovered back wages for more than 1.3 million workers. If the government agency discovers that an employer owes you back wages, it can make the company pay out the difference. However, if the agency can't locate you to give you the money (for example, you moved or changed your name), it will hold onto the back wages for you to claim.
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Farm labor law passes Colorado Senate | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.
A proposed Colorado labor law, which includes sections on overtime pay and the use of hand-weeding, has passed the Colorado Senate and will be heard by the House State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee June 3.
The Agricultural Worker's Rights bill would require overtime pay for farm employees working over 40 hours per week or 12 hours a day, but ag groups including the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association "worked very hard with Senate leadership, the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment (CDLE) and the Colorado Department of Agriculture" to persuade SB21-87 proponents to accept meaningful amendments.
Former Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club dockmaster claims club owes him 'blue-collar'
The former dockmaster of Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club, who claims he was more of a "blue collar" manual laborer than his title suggested, is demanding overtime pay for his services.
Howard J. Hamlett was paid $82,400 a year, according to a complaint filed May 27 in U.S. District Court, White Plains. He did not put a number on how much he thinks he is owed, but based on his claim of working an extra 30 hours a week for half a year, overtime would total more than $46,000 and bring his annual pay to nearly $129,000.
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Latino Clark County workers file discrimination lawsuit, allege racism "on almost weekly basis" -
Three Latino employees at Clark County have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit after allegedly experiencing racism and hostility at work that went ignored for years.
Elias Peña, Isaiah Hutson and Ray Alanis said they and other Latinos at the county's road maintenance department also experienced a double-standard when they sought overtime hours.
The trio's attorneys allege the county denied Peña an opportunity to quarantine from COVID-19 when he came in contact with an infected coworker.
Benson touts bills to get through SOS backlog caused by pandemic
LANSING — Two bills introduced in the state House of Representatives would use federal COVID-19 relief money to boost full-time Secretary of State branch office positions and overtime hours to help local offices get through a backlog of service appointments.
The lawmakers, and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, say the legislation would allow branch offices throughout the state to complete an additional 500,000 service appointments before the end of the fiscal year.
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