The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this month announced that its Wage and Hour Division is seeking to add 100 investigators to its team to support enforcement efforts including the protection of workers’ wages, migrant and seasonal workers, rights to family and medical leave, and prevailing wage requirements for workers on federal contracts. In fiscal year 2021, the Wage and Hour Division collected $230 million in wages owed to 190,000 workers.
