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TMCNet: BRIEF: State Recovers More Than $7 Million in Unpaid Wages

[September 05, 2010]

BRIEF: State Recovers More Than $7 Million in Unpaid Wages

Sep 05, 2010 (The Hartford Courant - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The state Department of Labor recovered more than $7 million in unpaid wages for workers in Connecticut for the fiscal year ended June 30, the governor announced Sunday.


The announcement, coming during the Labor Day weekend, was intended to emphasize the rights of workers to be paid for jobs performed, including overtime pay and workers' compensation, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said.

"Each and every employee should receive the wages they rightfully earn," Rell said.

The $7 million includes $3.2 million in unpaid wages; $1.9 million recovered by enforcing prevailing wage laws; $1.8 million in overtime pay or the minimum wage; and $150,000 in back pay owed to service workers hired by private contractors.

In addition, 168 "stop work" orders were issued to employers who did not meet worker compensation requirements. Under stop-work orders, companies must cease work on projects until certain workplace regulations are met.

Gary K. Pechie, director of the department's division of wage and workplace standards, the division also handled more than 25,000 telephone calls and written inquiries during the past fiscal year.

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