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DOL’s Wage and Hour Division Collects Record Amount in Back Wages for FY 2007




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The Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor announced December 28th that, for FY 2007, it collected a record $220 million in back wages for 341,624 employees – the highest number of workers since 1993. While registered complaints declined from 26,256 in FY 2006 to 24,950 in FY 2007, back wages collected increased from $171,955,533 in FY 2006 to $220,613,703 in FY 2007.