U.S. Labor Department holding one of five wage theft hearings in Kansas

? Federal and state labor officials will be in Wichita on Saturday for a hearing on the problem of wage theft.

The hearing is one of five being held around the country.

The U.S. Labor Department is looking into violations of minimum wage and overtime laws. It also wants to hear from workers forced to work off the clock, and from those misclassified workers as independent contractors.

Saturday’s hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Wichita’s Horace Mann Elementary School.

The other hearings Other hearings are being held in Michigan, Rhode Island, Iowa and Massachusetts.