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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
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