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Pennsylvania and West Virginia Oil and Gas Workers Recover $4.5M in Unpaid Overtime Wages

Written by Ilya Batikov | Dec 12, 2014 12:43:10 PM

From the United States Department of Labor: “An ongoing multiyear enforcement initiative conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division offices in Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh from 2012 to 2014 found significant violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which resulted in employers agreeing to pay $4,498,547 in back wages to 5,310 employees." Read the press release here.