Fraser Creek Agrees to Pay Miners Back Pay
Fraser Creek Mining, based in Scott Depot, W.Va., has agreed to pay 678 coal miners about $200,000 in back pay for unpaid overtime over a period of nearly two years, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The agency said Fraser Creek also poorly kept records on hours worked by office staff and erred in classifying four clerical workers as exempt administrative employees who were never paid overtime. The incorrectly calculated overtime pay by Fraser Creek extended from January 2006 through December 2007. The operation covers seven surface mines in West Virginia and Kentucky.