If an employer shortchanges workers’ wages, the state Department of Labor can come to the rescue by collecting back paychecks and handing them to the workers. That is, if the state can find them. Connecticut Auditors of Public Accounts found the DOL didn’t record the addresses of 59 people owed back wages, and 41 cases were also missing social security numbers. In a report released Monday, auditors also found that the department made mistakes on reporting how much it spent on new equipment and furnishings in the past two years, overstating total expenses by about $156,000.
