"Unpaid Wages: $163M Owed to American Workers - Are You Eligible?"

The U.S. Department of Labor states that over 208,000 workers are owed $163.3 million in back pay from companies that violated wage laws, and has set up a website for workers to check if they are owed money. The agency aims to swiftly pay recovered back wages to workers, but employees have only three years to claim any back pay before the funds are sent to the U.S. Treasury. Despite the Labor Department distributing over $26.9 million in owed wages, thousands of employees have yet to claim their money.