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Company: Community Education Center Inc. and Essex County
Penalty: $4,800,000
Year: 2016
Date: September 29, 2016
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Secondary Offense: Fair Labor Standards Act
Violation Description: One hundred and twenty-two employees at a Newark immigration detention facility were awarded $4.8 million in back wages and fringe benefits from the County of Essex and one of the nation's largest providers of re-entry and in-prison treatment services, following an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Labor Department Wage and Hour Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New Jersey
Facility City: Newark
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