Labor
Cabinet Returns $11,438.68 in Unpaid Wages to Kentucky Employees in May
FRANKFORT,
Ky. (June 4, 2018) – Last month, the Labor Cabinet recouped $11,438.68
in unpaid wages for Kentucky workers.
Unpaid overtime, withheld final paychecks, illegal
deductions of pay and lower pay than the legal minimum wage requirement are
among the types of wage and hour violations that the Cabinet prosecutes. Other
examples include unpaid breaks, time-clock shaving, mandatory tip-pooling and
prevailing wage violations.
The Labor Cabinet’s Division of Wages and Hours is
responsible for enforcing Kentucky’s wage and hour and child labor laws. It
also enforces prevailing wage requirements that were in effect before the
enactment of HB 3 last year. Enforcement typically begins upon the receipt of a
complaint. Investigators are then assigned to the case to determine
compliance with the state’s wage and hour laws, monitor the correction of any
violations, and collect back wages improperly withheld from employees. To find
out more about the Commonwealth’s wage and hour laws, please visit the Division
of Wages and Hours’ website by clicking here. An
Employment Complaint Form can be found here.
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