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Domestic worker wins minimum wage suit under new law
The Labor Department won its first private household case in Raleigh North Carolina. Cornelia Deyton must pay Jessie Mae Wooten $255 in back pay and damages and is enjoined from further violations of the minimum wage and record-keeping rules. Domestics are covered by the act if earning at least $50 per quarter or more than eight hours weekly.
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Raleigh
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Cornelia McGeée ‘Deyton
Bleigh
Jessie Mae Wooten
Deyton