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March 9, 2009
 Department of Labor Statement About Provisions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act Before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
& Pensions
An employer in Atalissa, Iowa, who for 30 years had provided substandard
living and employment conditions for employees with developmental
disabilities, was the topic of a hearing by the Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The committee sought to
understand how the situation could have occurred and how to prevent
similar abuses in the future.
John McKeon, a deputy administrator in the
Department of Labor (DOL) wage and hour division, testified about the
provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relevant to the Atalissa
situation. Mr. McKeon said DOL has half the number of wage and hour
investigators it had in the 1970s, so investigators have not been able to
visit many employers authorized to pay less than minimum wage.
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