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https://automotivemechanic15.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-happens-when-your-car-gets-worse.html © 1998-2022 Nexstar Media Inc. All Rights Reserved Top menu The Department of Labor (DOL) filed a lawsuit against a Georgia auto repair shop after it made national headlines for paying a former employee his final check in pennies. The lawsuit accuses A OK Walker Autoworks owner Miles Walker of discriminating against Andreas Flaten after he reported the establishment to DOL when he did not receive his last paycheck, according to NBC News. "Within hours of learning that Mr. Flaten had complained to [the Wage and Hour Division] about not receiving his last paycheck, defendants decided to pay Mr. Flaten in pennies," the lawsuit states. Flaten reported finding 91,500 pennies in his driveway last March with a copy of his paycheck "with an expletive written on the outside," the news outlet noted. A OK Walker Autoworks has also reportedly failed to pay its employees