Salvation Army Fights Minimum Wage Order
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NEWARK, N.J. — The Salvation Army gives its clients “soup, soap and salvation,” but the federal government says it isn’t enough.
The Labor Department claims that people to whom the Salvation Army ministers--giving them room, board and up to about $20 a week for helping at the centers--are employees who should be entitled to a minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
But Army officials said the payments could doom the centers and have said the company will not comply with the demand.
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