HR 3875
110th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Emergency Management
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Floods
Hours of labor
Hurricanes
Law
Louisiana
Metropolitan areas
Minimum wages
Urban affairs
Wage restitution
To permit the Secretary of Labor to make an administrative determination of the amount of unpaid wages owed for certain violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act in the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina.
Introduced: October 17, 2007
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Became law
Oct 17, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 17, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make an administrative determination of the amount of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages owed to employees by an employer for certain violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act committed in the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina. Authorizes the Secretary to bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of such wages and liquidated damages.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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