Three companies - including one in central Ohio - have agreed in a federal settlement to pay back wages to hundreds of international students for summer jobs they held at a Hershey candy company facility in Pennsylvania. Lemoyne-based SHS Group, Westerville-based Exel Inc. and California-based Council for Educational Travel USA agreed to pay $213,000 in back wages to 1,000 students who held summer jobs repackaging candy. The Hershey Co. owns the facility but wasn't accused of wrongdoing because Exel operated it. The U.S. Department of Labor says the three companies overcharged the students for housing, reducing their wages below what they were supposed to be paid. It says the settlement provides fines for two of the companies. Exel agreed to pay $143,000 in fines for excessive workplace noise. SHS was fined $5,000 for other violations.
Mike Foley joined WCBE in February 2000, coming from WUFT in Gainesville, Florida. Foley has worked in various roles, from producing news and feature stories to engineering Live From Studio A sessions. A series of music features Foley started in 2018 called Music Journeys has grown into a podcast and radio show. He also assists in developing other programs in WCBE's Podcast Experience. Foley hosts The Morning Mix, a weekday music show featuring emerging and established musicians, our Columbus-area and Ohio-based talent, and additional artists that inspire him.