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Disney Agrees
to Pay Back Wages to Florida Employees in Department of Labor Settlement
... read here
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DOL webpage,
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Variety 3/17/17
)
"Two divisions of The Walt Disney Co. will pay $3.8 million in back wages to nearly 16,400 Florida resort employees under an agreement with the
Department of Labor.
The DOL's wage and hour division found violations of minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to an announcement from the federal department."
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