TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that an Ocean County construction contractor was sentenced to prison today for purposely not paying prevailing wages on a government contract valued over $75,000. As part of his criminal activity, the contractor falsified payroll records for the public contract to cover up the fact that he paid…Read More…

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 Defendants Schemed to Evade More Than $1 Million in Insurance Premiums, Leaving Injured Workers Unable to Pay For Healthcare or Receive Disability Pay Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett, and New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro today announced the indictment of…Read More…

A labor broker whose company pairs workers with construction gigs put endangered their employees by scamming workers compensation insurance companies in an “extensive fraud scheme,” Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday. Labor broker Salvador Almonte, 38, and insurance broker Steven Asvazadourian, 40, denied the employees coverage partly by lying about the size of Almonte’s work force, Manhattan…Read More…

CAMDEN, N.J. – The owner of two defense contracting firms was sentenced to 36 months in prison for providing non-conforming parts for military equipment, illegally sharing sensitive technical information and evading income taxes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Roger Sobrado, 49, of Marlton, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L….Read More…

Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation today creating a Worker Protection Unit within the Office of the Attorney General which will protect Illinois workers from wage theft and other unlawful employment practices. “When Illinoisans put in a hard day’s work, they deserve to be compensated fairly and treated with dignity, and this new Worker Protection Unit…Read More…

Largest Single Wage Recovery in DOL’s 115-Year History Employer Pleads Guilty to Theft of Wages, Convicted of Grand Larceny AGL Industries Will Return Stolen Wages to 499 Workers Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that a joint investigation between the New York State Department of Labor and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Construction Fraud Task Force…Read More…

TRENTON – Ten New Jersey laborers will be paid $170,000 in back wages after investigators found Tri County Real Estate Co. did not pay workers the legally required prevailing wage on a construction project at the Trenton East/West Senior Apartments. “Public contracting is not a right – it is a privilege,” said Labor Commissioner Robert…Read More…

June 27, 2019 NJDOL Recovers $30,000 in Back Pay After Investigation Finds Employer Misclassified Workers TRENTON – The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s (NJDOL) Division of Wage and Hour Compliance reclaimed $30,832.37 in back wages for workers at C&N Interiors, LLC. of Boyertown, Pa., after an investigation found the employees were misclassified…Read More…

By: Gabrielle Saulsbery June 11, 2019 1:10 pm Navy Contractors Inc. faces $84,183 in penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing employees to fall hazards on a work site in Lakewood. An OSHA inspector observed employees performing roofing activities without fall protections in January. The investigation conducted thereafter…Read More…

TRENTON – An Iselin construction contractor has agreed to pay back wages totaling nearly $150,000 to 13 laborers who claimed they were expected to kick back part of their pay to a crew leader while working on prevailing wage jobs. Fine Wall Corp. and its principals—Umukant Shah, Mrudula Shah, and Ronak Shah—also agreed to pay…Read More…