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Austin Scott: To be clear, the Labor Department has authority to compel specialty crop producers and packers to reimburse workers when…

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
To be clear, the Labor Department has authority to compel specialty crop producers and packers to reimburse workers when wages fall short of the minimum wage requirement WITHOUT using the hot goods provision.
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Austin Scott
Republican · Georgia

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Scott clarifies that the Labor Department can enforce wage reimbursement without using the hot goods provision.

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