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Shortchanged: Many Firms Refuse To Pay for Overtime, Employees Complain

Number 20068
Subject Employment
Source Wall Street Journal (New York)
State NY
Year 1996
Publication Date June 24
Summary The Journal reports that a lot of employers don't like overtime pay. "Violations are so common that the Employer Policy Foundation, an employer-supported think tank in Washington, estimates that workers would get an additional $19 billion a year if the rules were observed."
Category General
Pages 2
Keywords wages;Food Lion;labor;reporters exempt from overtime;workplace rules;NBA;courts;law
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