Filing a complaint with the Federal Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Here is the information to file a complaint with the Federal Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

From: "Mike Fox"
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:15:34 -0400
To: VARIOUS UNION REPS
Subject: FW: DOL District Offices

It would appear that payless pay days might be grounds for a complaint with the Federal Dept of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s requirements to pay minimum wage. Before a complaint can be filed the employee for the bi-weekly period must have been paid below the minimum wage for the hours worked. That may occur on July 17 and 24th. To see, you would take the gross amount of that pay divide by the hours you worked and, for the 17th pay if the amount is less than $6.55 per hour a complaint should be filed. For the 24th pay you do the same math but the minimum wage increases on the 24th to $7.25 per hour consequently if your result is less than $7.25 per hour a complaint should be filed. If you work more than 40 hours in a work week and your pay does not yield 1 ½ a complaint should be filed. If we get to point when no pay is received obviously you have not been paid minimum wage and a complaint should be filed.

The compliant can be made by a phone call or a letter to any of the following DOL District Offices.

The complaint also must be filed by the employee. Under the DOL rules a Union cannot file on behalf of someone, the affected employee must make the appeal.

Subject: DOL District Offices

Philadelphia District Office
US Dept. of Labor
ESA Wage & Hour Division
US Custom House, Room 400
Second & Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 597-4950
Stewart BosticDistrict Director

Pittsburgh District Office
US Dept. of Labor
ESA Wage & Hour Division
Federal Building
1000 Liberty Ave., Suite 1416 P
ittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 395-4996
John DuMontDistrict Director

Wilkes Barre District Office
US Dept. of Labor
ESA Wage & Hour Division
7 North Wilkes Barre Blvd.
Stegmaier Bldg. Suite 373M
Wilkes Barre, PA 18702-5284
Phone: (570) 826-6316
Alfonso J. GristinaDistrict Director