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July 28, 2016

Labor Dept. Awards $1 Million in Back Pay to Workers at U.S. Capitol
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The U.S. Labor Department says cafeteria workers who help feed senators
at the Capitol will receive back pay totaling more than $1 million,
after the department found two private contractors had underpaid them.
David Weil of the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division said,
"Workers in the restaurant industry are among the lowest-paid workers in
our economy. They shouldn't have to deal with paychecks that don't
accurately reflect their hard work."


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