Department of Labor seeks to distribute $4.7M in wages owed to Florida workers

Author: Therese McDevitt, Gulfshore Business
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With year-end approaching, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor is working to return $4,737,110 in wages it recovered to almost 7,500 Florida workers who earned them, agency officials said.

In the Southwest Florida counties of Charlotte, Collier, Lee and Hendry, the total owed to 1,043 employees by 32 employers is $437,357.21. There were no owed wages reported from Glades County.

Wages are recovered by the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division following investigations into employers who are found to owe wages to current or former employees. After an investigation, it’s incumbent upon the employers to pay the employees who are owed wages. If the employers are not able to locate former employees owed wages, they are required to turn the wages over to DOL, where they are kept in a lockbox for up to three years while the Wage and Hour Division attempts to locate them.

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