American Samoa has paid more than $900,000 in back wages to some 250 employees, mostly police officers, according to AP. The payments were made to settle charges resulting from a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. The department says some territory employees weren't paid for all of their overtime hours. It says some overtime hours were paid at a straight-time rate instead of one and one-half times regular pay as required by federal law. American Samoa Treasurer Falemao Pili says checks for the back wages ranged from $4 to $22,500. American Samoa must also adopt a plan to correct policies and practices as part of the settlement. The territory included funds for the payments in a $5 million supplemental budget appropriation for the current fiscal year. -- SPA 19:47 LOCAL TIME 16:47 GMT تغريد
