Eastern Federal Corp.

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OK, half of $5.15 an hour is only $2.58. Even if you get a raise to $6 an hour, half is only $3. But over the course of 11 months, that extra money for time-and-a-half overtime pay adds up. In Stephen Brown's case, it came out to $391.53. That's a lot of money when you're 17 and saving for a car. And it's how much Charlotte-based Eastern Federal Corp. paid Brown, a former employee, after the N.C. Department of Labor ordered it to pay him for the overtime he had worked at regular pay. Eastern will also have to pay retroactive time-and-a-half to...