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US Labor Dept. Presses Gas Stations in N.J. To Pay Employees Overtime As Required

By David Madden

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Federal labor officials in New Jersey have announced the results of a five-year crackdown on gas station owners who have not paid their employees properly.

According to the feds, more than 1,000 attendants at both major branded gas stations and independents were due a total of $5.5 million in overtime that was not paid.

"Sometimes the employers may not know that they're required to pay time and a half after 40 hours," notes Paula Ruffin, an assistant director in the US Department of Labor's New Jersey division.  "In that case the employers will pay the back wages and we ask them to come into compliance (in the future)."

Most do.  Employers who don't are turned over to the Labor Department's legal section.

Ruffin says most of the violations were found in the northern part of New Jersey, but about 200 attendants in South Jersey were due about $1 million in overtime, and most got their money.

 

 

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