Nancy Leppink, DOL Wage & Hour Division

JOURNAL: ISSUE 4 - 2012

Acting Administrator Nancy Leppink of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division outlined the administration's vigorous commitment to identifying and enforcing prevailing wage rates on federal construction work that has virtually transformed the Division since President Obama's 2008 election. Additional personnel and new field offices have enabled Wage and Hour to respond to more complaints and collect (as of October) $740 million in back wages from contractors who violated the laws.