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GAO REPORT RELEASES REPORT ON DOL’S WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS

Written by David Cohen, M.S. | May 13, 2009 5:30:00 PM

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report charging the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division with mishandling nine of the ten cases brought by a team of undercover agents posed as aggrieved workers. The report was entitled “Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division’s Complaint Intake and Investigative Processes leave Low Wage Workers Vulnerable to Wage Theft.”