US: Levi's agrees to pay $1m back in overtime
By just-style.com | 30 March 2011
Denim giant Levi Strauss & Co has agreed to pay $1m in overtime back wages to 596 misclassified employees in the US, after the US Department of Labor found overtime violations.
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