The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) must compensate more than 700 current and retired employees of the state prison facility in Raiford for $603,237 in unpaid overtime worked between December 2009 and December 2011.
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According to the union, the FDOC has updated its timekeeping system to ensure that employees are paid for all compensable hours worked.