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Minnesota company to pay back wages, damages to 57 workers

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon

Judge Susan Richard Nelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota is requiring that Hawkins Tree and Landscaping Inc., a Shakopee, Minn., company, and its owners, Michael Hawkins and Dawn Hawkins, pay back wages as well as liquidated damages totaling to $478,000 to 57 current and former...

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Minnesota company to pay back wages, damages to 57 workers

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DOL sues to recover employee stock ownership losses