Austin Keating at Snips News reports the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has recovered $877,866 in back wages and benefits for 36 Workers who were underpaid by contractors on Federally funded projects in New York City.  The USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division found three Long Island contractors misclassified Employees and failed to pay Prevailing Wages and Benefits as required by the Davis-Bacon Act.  Discover Electric Incorporated improperly classified 11 Electricians as Laborers and Maintenance Workers, resulting in underpayment of wages and benefits.  EMG Industrial Chimney Incorporated misclassified 21 Insulators and Sheet Metal Workers as Service Fitters, and the QNCC Electrical Contracting Corporation failed to provide full fringe benefits to four Apprentices.

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