NU Online News Service, July 7, 11:36 a.m. EDT

Farmers Insurance will pay more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees for pre-shift work they performed but were never compensated for.

The U.S. Department of Labor says the Los Angeles-based carrier agreed to pay the back wages after an investigation by the department "that disclosed significant and systemic violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime and record-keeping provisions.

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