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PRINCETON, W.Va. — A company that operates coal mines in Southern West Virginia has been ordered in a U.S. District Court ruling to pay a total of almost $1.5 million in back wages and damages for violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that Princeton-based XMV Inc. — which operates three underground coal mines — violated the overtime provisions of the act, according to a release from the department.
XMV will be required to pay $717,514 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 214 employees.
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