Monday, January 3rd 2022
By Kurt Martone
HARRISBURG, PA. (WENY) — The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry investigated over 4,000 alleged labor law violations requested from Pa. workers in 2021. The department returned over $3 million worth of missed wages to workers across the Commonwealth.
“Pennsylvania workers are entitled to every dollar they earn, and that’s why the department’s Bureau of Labor Law Compliance works so hard to hold employers accountable when they wrongfully withhold wages or violate any of Pennsylvania’s labor laws,” said Jennifer Berrier, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
WENY reached out to the Department of Labor and Industry to find the amount of lost wages given to residents of Bradford and Tioga counties.
Since 2015, the department has collected over $38 million in unlawfully held wages for workers in Pennsylvania.
BY THE NUMBERS:
The bureau returned over $2 million to workers employed by 900 employers in violation of the Wage Payment and Collection Law.
One million dollars was returned to workers whose employers violated the Prevailing Wage Act.
The other, over $500,000, in missed wages was returned to workers whose employers violated the Minimum Wage Act.