Mississippi Business Journal » back wages http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Business settles with government, to pay workers back wages http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/18/business-settles-with-government-to-pay-workers-back-wages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=business-settles-with-government-to-pay-workers-back-wages http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/18/business-settles-with-government-to-pay-workers-back-wages/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:31:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65386 GULFPORT — Mandal’s Inc. has agreed with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay 94 employees $85,106 in back wages. The Labor Department said in a news release that its Wage and Hour Division found the company had paid the employees “straight time” for hours worked beyond 40 in a work week. The government says [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/18/business-settles-with-government-to-pay-workers-back-wages/feed/ 0 Poultry workers win lawsuit against Tyson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/21/poultry-workers-win-lawsuit-against-tyson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poultry-workers-win-lawsuit-against-tyson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/21/poultry-workers-win-lawsuit-against-tyson/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:44:13 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46276 More than 17,000 Tyson poultry workers in 41 plants in 12 states have settled a $32-million lawsuit in a 12-year struggle to get paid for work already performed, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). The UFCW initiated the suit against Tyson. Last Thursday, the United States District Court in Georgia [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/21/poultry-workers-win-lawsuit-against-tyson/feed/ 20 Labor orders ISMG to pay employee back wages http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/28/labor-orders-ismg-to-pay-employee-back-wages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labor-orders-ismg-to-pay-employee-back-wages http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/28/labor-orders-ismg-to-pay-employee-back-wages/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:18:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=39039 HANCOCK COUNTY — The U.S. Department of Labor says International Security Management Group will pay more than $282,000 in back wages to 46 security employees at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. Labor Department officials say in a news release that the agreement was reached after an investigation showed the company had failed to [...]

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