A financially struggling contractor has the unenviable position of being involved in one of Minnesota’s first wage theft cases since the law was passed in 2019. While the work was performed on an apartment complex, it fell under state prevailing wage law because the...
What happens if you charge workers for using equipment during their shift and also fail to pay them the correct prevailing wage rates? A public works contractor in Illinois found out the hard way after an investigation uncovered serious labor law violations. The...
A plumbing contractor in Louisiana has been banned from government contracts after being found guilty of prevailing wage violations. In what is described as “egregious violations,” the contractor was ordered to pay $32,835 in back wages. They were additionally...
Staying compliant with prevailing wage laws can be a time-consuming nightmare, but there are bigger problems to be had for non-compliance. A paving company in Massachusetts found this out after an investigation by the state left them owing over $1.2 million in...
Companies face Department of Labor (DOL) fines all of the time, but this news story out of New York has a twist. An environmental contractor out of West Nyack, a suburb of New York City, was found to be in violation public works laws due to underpaying prevailing...