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The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $486,716 in back
wages for minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA) for 1,367 garment workers during from January 1 through March 31, 1997,
according to a "Garment Enforcement Report" the department released today.
During this time, the Wage and Hour Division conducted 212
investigations and found violations in 102 of those cases. The department
imposed $52,133 in civil penalties. Under the FLSA, civil money penalties are
imposed for repeat or willful minimum wage or overtime violations.
Thirty-nine contractors and 66 manufacturers are on the
report. New York leads the report with number of investigations with violations
(40), amount of back wages recovered ($336,602), and number of employees
receiving back wages (788). However, California leads the report in amount of
civil fines imposed ($38,803) and follows New York in number of investigations
with violations (30), amount of back wages recovered ($117,069) and number of
employees receiving back wages (377).
The largest case recovered more than $50,000 for 50
employees of EJE, Inc., a contractor for Meryl Diamond, Ltd., of New York. Of
the contractors and manufacturers on the report, 47 are on for the first time,
and 19 have been on earlier reports.
"The quarterly Garment Enforcement Report arms retailers
and consumers with information about which contractors violate the law, as well
as the manufacturers that do business with them. The report is a critical tool
to ensure that contractors comply with the law and to let manufacturers know
exactly what their contractors are doing, " said U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis
M. Herman.
The Labor Department began issuing the quarterly reports
in May 1996 in response to requests from retailers and consumers for more
information about which contractors have FLSA violations and which
manufacturers' goods were handled by those contractors.
Herman also announced that the department is sponsoring
workshops for manufacturers and retailers interested in learning more about how
to effectively comply with the FLSA. The workshops, co-sponsored by the
American Apparel Manufacturers Association, begin today in San Francisco, and
continue in Los Angeles on May 29, New York City on June 4, and Charlotte,
North Carolina on June 16.
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