News from The Labor Buzz: Last Week DoL Ordered 25 Employers to Pay $1,097,000 for Labor Law Violations

ALBANY, NY (08/25/2010)(readMedia)-- "Let this be a lesson and a message to all employers in New York who are in violation of state labor law. When you violate the law and cheat your workers out of their hard earned money, we will expose you and make you pay your workers back every cent they are owed."

- State Labor Commissioner Colleen C. Gardner

During the week ending 08/21/2010, the Division of Labor Standards has issued 25 Orders to Comply against employers, totaling $1,097,653.77 in underpayments, interest, damages, and penalties for violations of minimum wage, overtime, wage payment, record keeping, and other labor laws.

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