A federal judge recently ordered a Memphis, Tennessee construction company to pay back dozens of workers the government claims were defrauded out of overtime pay and other wages by the defendant’s intentional misclassification of workers as “independent contractors.” Under the terms of the order, Mulrooney Enterprises will pay 94 affected workers a collective sum of $140,000 in back pay and damages and is further ordered to permanently comply with federal wage and labor laws.
After being subjected to an investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division, DCI/Shires Inc. a construction and excavation company based in Mercer County was found to have neglected overtime pay for 19 workers, according to Metro News – West Virginia.
NANAKULI, OAHU — A former Hawaiian construction worker who fought to expose an illegal unpaid overtime wage scheme recently got a huge boost now that the federal government is joining the pursuit.
SALT LAKE CITY — After an exhaustive five-year investigation into the employment practices of several Utah based construction companies, the U.S. Department of Labor has announced that over 1,000 workers have been awarded back wages and damages, according to KSL Utah.
MIAMI — A group of construction workers filed a class action suit against Bouygues Civil Works of Florida Inc. for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The class included hourly paid foremen, machine operators, carpenters, laborers, divers, and drivers who worked on a Miami Tunnel project that created direct highway access to […]
NEW YORK — A New York construction contractor, MDG Design & Construction LLC, has agreed to pay a total of $5 million to construction workers and other laborers. This payment is part of a settlement agreement related to numerous wage violations found during a federal investigation into the construction company’s subcontractors. If these violations are […]
