Labor dept. develops app to help workers in wage disputes

[Enrique]

Source: Associated Press

New app another tool for workers in wage disputes

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(AP) – 7 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers who don't trust the boss to keep track of their wages can now do it themselves with a new smart phone application from the Department of Labor. But employers worry that the time sheet app, along with other new initiatives, could encourage even more wage and hour lawsuits.

The app lets workers calculate regular work hours, break time and overtime pay to create their own wage records. Department officials say the information could prove valuable in a dispute over pay or during a government investigation when an employer has failed to keep accurate records.

"This app will help empower workers to understand and stand up for their rights when employers have denied their hard-earned pay," Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said.

The app is the latest example of the Obama administration's push for more aggressive enforcement of wage and hour laws. The agency has hired about 300 more investigators to probe complaints of unpaid work time, lack of overtime pay and minimum wage violations.

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Download the app here:

http://www.dol.gov/whd/Hightlights/archived.htm#May9_2011

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[Kingofalldems]

1. Excellent

Remember the last Sec of Labor? She would never permit this.

[madrchsod]

2. nice if ya have an iphone...

my wife could use this because of her crazy work hours but it won`t work with blackberry...