Statistic of the Day

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH $933 million Wage theft recovered for workers by federal and state agencies in 2012.   $341 million Estimated value of all of the property taken in all reported robberies in 2012.   Jeff Spross, The Week, 15 Aug. 2016    

What a Stronger Department of Labor Means

This is a news release from the Department of Labor:   Halliburton Pays Nearly $18.3 Million in Overtime Owed to More than 1,000 Employees Nationwide after US Labor Department Investigation Global Oil And Gas Service Provider Failed To Pay Overtime HOUSTON — In one of the largest recoveries of overtime wages in recent years for the…