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U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 11-1825-SAN (SF-35V)

Date:	Feb. 15, 2012
Contact:	Deanne Amaden, Jose A. Carnevali
Phone:	415-625-2630, 415-625-2631

US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division launches enforcement initiative to combat labor law violations at Seattle-area nail salons - Vietnamese version

Focus is on employees misclassified as independent contractors

SEATTLE -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division is conducting an enforcement initiative focused on the misclassification of employees as independent contractors at nail salons in the Seattle metropolitan area. The initiative aims to protect vulnerable workers in the industry from systemic violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay provisions by ensuring that they are properly classified according to federal law.

Vietnamese version (PDF)

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