Workers Owed Wages

Back wages totaling more than $5 million owed to thousands of Illinois workers

January 22, 2024 | By ALEX ABBEDUTO, Capitol News Illinois

The U.S. Department of Labor is currently holding more than $5 million in wages owed to more than 7,000 Illinois workers, and the department has launched a new website in an effort to return it. When an employee is underpaid for the work they do, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division can launch an investigation.…