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2006

December 28, 2006

Wage and Hour Collects $173 million in Back Wages for over 246,000 Employees in Fiscal Year 2006. The Wage and Hour Division recovered more than $171,500,000 million in back wages for over 246,000 employees in FY 2006. Back wage collections represent a 30 percent increase over back wages collected in fiscal year 2001. The number of workers who received back wages in FY 2006 increased by 14 percent over the number receiving back wages in FY 2001.

December 1, 2006

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a Request for Information seeking information for its consideration and review of the Family and Medical Leave Act and the implementing regulations. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments and any other pertinent information as it relates to the Act. The Federal Register Notice, instructions and related documents are available at Wage and Hour’s FMLA Request for Public Information website.

May 30, 2006

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has launched a new web-based Back Wage Employee Locator to provide easy and secure access for employees to find and collect back wages due them. Employees who have not been located by the department during the normal back wage disbursement process will be able to use this on-line system to determine whether they are owed back wages as a result of a WHD investigation. Press Release

January 31, 2006

Wage and Hour Collects $166 Million in Back Wages for over 241,000 Employees in Fiscal Year 2005
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered more than $166 million in back wages for over 241,000 employees in fiscal year 2005. Back wage collections this past year represent a 26 percent increase over back wages collected in fiscal year 2001. The number of workers receiving back wages has increased by 11 percent since fiscal year 2001