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Show I " I U December 22, 2005 EST VALLEY NEWS, KEARNS POST THE MAGNA 1 I1ES, Business Wells Forgo recognized as a 'generous supporter7 BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Wells Fargo the ninth-mo- generous supof nonprofit organizaporter tions in the nation for its giving in 2004. In 2003, Forbes ranked Wells Fargo No. 8 among all companies in all industries in and giving corporate that year BusinessWeek ranked Wells Fargo No. 12. Four of the largest corporate contributors are service companies: st financial-- contributions, hundreds of Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Wachovia. Number one is Stores, according to a story in BusinessWeeks Nov. 28 edition. Our contributions to nonprofits are not just the right thing to do, theyre investments in the long-terwell communities we of the being serve, said Robert A. Hatch, president and CEO for Wells Fargo Utah. In addition to our cash our Utah team members volunteer their time and talents to help make our communities even better places to live and work. From promoting financial education through efforts such as Hands on Banking to helping people secure affordable housing through Wells Fargos Housing Wal-Ma- rt m Foundations partnership with Habitat for Humanity, our team members are active partners with dozens of nonprofit organizations across the state. In Utah, Wells Fargo has more than 3,600 team members and serves nearly half a million consumer households across the state from 190 stores, including nearly 140 banking locations. with the Corporations largest cash contributions to nonprofits in 2004, according to BusinessWeek, include (in millions): Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $453 lion in assets. bil- $169,000 collected in Iiaclt wages from Utah - based company 393 employees finally paid SALT LAKE CITY The Department of Labor announced that recently d Centerville, & Training Management Corporation (N1TC) has paid $169,105 in back wages to 393 employees at five locations in Utah, Indiana, Ohio - U.S. Utah-base- . and New Mexico. The back wages were paid as the result of an investigation by the departments Wage and Hour Division for compliance with the Fair Labor Act Standards (FLSA). Under supervision by the Wage and Hour Division, the a conducted company it nationwide which revealed that some employees were not paid for all hours woiked. Security personnel were not paid for pre- - and postshift briefing time and were not paid for interrupted lunch periods when they were working. Violations occurred at the firms Job Corps Center sites in Indiana, Edinburg, and Utah, Clearfield, correcat and Ohio, Dayton, tional facilities in Grafton, Ohio, and Santa Fe, New self-aud- small-busine- ss small-busine- small-busine- ss ss of The Department Labor is committed to ensuring that workers are paid all the wages they have earned, said Dean A. Campbell, wage hour district director in Salt Lake City. In this case we succeeded in recovering $169,105 in back wages for these workers, and steps have been taken to avoid workers being in the future. short-chang- ed FLSA The requires employers to pay covered woikers at least die federal minimum wage for all hours woiked and one and times their regular rate of pay foi houis worked over 40 in a single workweek. It also requires that employers maintain adequate and accurate records of employees wages, hours and other conditions of employment. MTC, which employs over 2,000 workeis nationwide, operates 24 Job Coips Centers and six correctional facilities throughout the United States. To help nationwide compliance in the future, MTC pro ided extensive training to all managers throughout the count!) 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For example, Atlanta-base- d $100,000 each year as a result of more accurate budgCCM Homes LLC, et forecasts. relatively new to computer In fact, companies all over technology, used 14 standalone computers to run its the country are realizing beng efits from using operations. servers. A recent study These computers helped comconducted by Lawrence streamline many of the Associates LLC showed that panys business processes, ciencies. For example, the combination of capability and calendar functions enables executives to view any employees calendar, then send an meeting request that is automatically entered onto invitees calendars. the Outside office, cocan employees workers through hand-hel- d devices such as cell phones and personal digital assis- - return on their investment over a three-yea- r period. More information can percent be online found at http:www.microsoft.eomw mdowsserver2003sbs. ut t (I !;:! so; lot ' ! "orU I 1 r th Magna TimesWest Valley News 8980 W. 2700 S. 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