In addition, many workers are not compensated for time that they work off-the-clock or are not paid appropriate overtime wages.

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This is the result of increased demand in essential, commodity-based assets that comes at the same time unemployment, stagnant wages and tighter credit cause consumers to put off big-ticket purchases.

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