LinkedIn, US Labour Dept settle overtime case for US$6mil


COOPERATIVE: LinkedIn Corp agreed to pay about US$6mil (RM19.11mil) in back overtime and damages to 359 current and former employees after a US Department of Labour investigation found the online career networking company violated the country's wage law. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: LinkedIn Corp agreed to pay about US$6mil (RM19.11mil) in back overtime and damages to 359 current and former employees after a US Department of Labour investigation found the online career networking company violated the country's wage law. 

In a settlement announced by the Labour Department on Monday, LinkedIn will pay more than US$3.3mil (RM10.51mil) in retroactive overtime wages and more than US$2.5mil (RM7.96mil) in damages to workers in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York. 

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