Department of Labor launches campaign to protect workers from wage, hour violations
The U.S. Labor Department has begun a campaign to encourage workers to report employers who violate wage and hour rules. The “We Can Help” campaign includes ads in English and Spanish and features public figures such as farm worker labor leader Dolores Huerta and actor Jimmy Smits.
The agency is focusing its outreach on low-income workers in such fields as construction and food service. The campaign is also attempting to reassure undocumented workers that they have rights to collect back wages owed to them.
