Paper Is Penalized for Labor Violations.

One of the area's largest Chinese-language newspapers was ordered by a federal judge here Friday to pay millions of dollars to 200 employees who were denied years of overtime pay and subjected to other labor law violations. The $5.19 million award, to the employees of The Chinese Daily News, included penalties for violating labor laws as well as 10 percent interest on the original award of $2.5 million, which was granted by a jury in 2007. The same judge, Consuelo B. Marshall of Federal District Court, presided over the 2007 trial and over Friday's hearing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]