SAN DIEGO - Three San Diego County companies operating near the U.S.-Mexico border that federal authorities say underpaid their workers have paid nearly $840,000 in money owed to the employees, plus damages, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday.
The department said 32 employees at Ruffo de Alba Forwarders LP, SAI Logistics Exports Inc. and Moving Technologies of America Inc. were paid in Mexican pesos in amounts that were around $3 per hour, well below minimum wage.-- Ruffo de Alba Forwarders LP paid workers as low as $3.27 per hour in pesos and denied overtime pay for hours exceeding 40 in a workweek.
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