Puerto Rico gov’t to pay $35M in back wages to corrections workers
April 12, 2013
Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico has agreed to ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Feds probing Puerto Rico’s coffee industry wage practices
September 3, 2012
Puerto Rico's coffee industry and its wage practices are under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Labor: starting this month, the agency will target this sector to verify that employers are in compliance with the ...
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Piccolo e Posto owners ordered to pay $130K in held wages, overtime
August 22, 2012
The owner of Piccolo e Posto restaurant in Guaynabo will have to pay close to $130,000 in unpaid minimum wages as well as $1,472 in unpaid overtime to 26 workers for violations of the Fair ...
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