LinkedIn agrees to pay $6mln for labor rules violationsAugust 5, 2014 - 11:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - LinkedIn has agreed to pay $6mln in wages and damages after regulators found it failed to account for all the hours worked by its employees, BBC News reported. This includes $3.3mln in unpaid wages and $2.5m in damages to be paid to 359 former and current employees. It also agreed to provide compliance training and distribute its policy on overtime work to all applicable staff. The firm said talent was its "number one priority" and it was eager to "rectify the situation". "This was a function of not having the right tools in place for a small subset of our sales force to track hours properly," said Shannon Stubo, vice president of corporate communications at LinkedIn. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the affected employees worked at the firm's offices in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York. "Off the clock hours are all too common for the American worker. This practice harms workers, denies them the wages they have rightfully earned and takes away time with families," said Susana Blanco, of the U.S. Labor Department. However, the regulator added that LinkedIn had cooperated with the investigation and had agreed to take proactive steps to prevent future violations. "This company has shown a great deal of integrity by fully cooperating with investigators and stepping up to the plate without hesitation to help make workers whole," said David Weil, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. "We are particularly pleased that LinkedIn also has committed to take positive and practical steps towards securing future compliance." Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. |