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- 70% of Employers are non-compliant with wage and hour laws, according to the Department of Labor (DOL).
- 2 out of 3 workplace-related lawsuits that go to trial are won by the employee.
- $10.3 Million: Civil penalties assessed against employers by the Wage & Hour Division of the DOL in 2007.
- $220.6 Million: Damages paid by employers for wage and hour non compliance in 2007.
- 11.2 Million: The jury award against Mary Kay Cosmetics for classifying beauty “consultants” as independent contractors.
- $650,000: The average jury award to plaintiffs for damages in workplace-related lawsuits.
- 88,846: Number of violations recorded by OSHA inspectors in 2007, of which 67,176 were serious.
- $1 million: Potential per-occurrence fine for failure to safeguard personal/non-public information against identity theft under the Gramm/Leach/Bliley safeguard Bill.
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