The Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered more than $166 million in back wages for over 241,000 employees in fiscal year 2005. Back wage collections this past year represent a 26 percent increase over back wages collected in fiscal year 2001. The number of workers receiving back wages has increased by 11 percent since fiscal year 2001. Also, WHD has continued to reduce the number of days to conclude a complaint case from 139 days in FY 2001 to 85 days in FY 2005. The agency concluded 34,858 compliance actions in fiscal year 2005 and assessed over $10.5 million in civil money penalties – a 17% increase from the $9 million assessed in 2004.