New York officials say an Illinois-based school bus company has returned nearly $292,000 in wages to underpaid employees across the upstate region.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that state Labor Department investigators determined Durham School Services underpaid the workers the minimum wage they were owned.
The investigation began when officials with Service Employees International Union Local 200 notified the agency of possible violations at the Durham location in Syracuse.
The probe determined the Warrenville, Illinois-based firm underpaid 462 workers at the company's operations from Rochester to the Hudson Valley.
The company admitted it was a mistake caused by missing a change in New York state's minimum wage rate when it rose on Dec. 31, 2013, from $7.25 to $8.
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