Labor Department wants to distribute more than $1.3M in wages owed to Missouri workers with online “WOW” tool

KANSAS CITY, MO – With the year coming to an end, the U.S. Department of Labor is eager to return $1,384,664 in wages recovered by its Wage and Hour Division to 1,863 Missouri workers and encourages people to use the Workers Owed Wages online tool to find wages they may be owed.

WHO:  Anyone who believes they may be owed back wages or knows someone who may be owed wages are encouraged to use the Workers Owed Wages online tool.             

WHAT:  The laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division provide the foundation for U.S. workers’ rights, including the rights to be paid legally required wages and other important protections. Among the division’s top priorities is putting wages recovered by its investigations swiftly into the hands of people who earned them. The “WOW” online tool provides workers a quick and easy way to verify if they are eligible to claim wages an employer or former employer may owe them. The tool is available in English and Spanish.

WHERE:  The Chicago Regional Office is responsible for back wage distribution in Missouri.

WHEN:  Anyone who believes they may be owed wages is encouraged to use the WOW search tool by inputting their current or former employer’s name to learn if the division is holding wages on their behalf.

HOW: Go to the WOW search tool  to get started.