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FFC-MAR Comments in Response to U.S. DOL's Proposal to Update Form WH-347
October 29, 2024 Via Email ( WHDPRAComments@dol.gov ) Jessica Looman Administrator Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor 200...
FFC-MAR
Oct 30, 2024
Owner of Construction Company Sentenced to Jail for Wage Theft at UMD Capital Region Cancer Center and UMD Field Hockey & Women’s LAX Complex Expansion Projects
On September 30, 2024, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County sentenced Jose...
FFC-MAR
Oct 18, 2024
D.C. Attorney General Schwalb Cracks Down on Labor Brokers in Construction
Several Construction Companies to Overhaul Payroll and Sick Leave Practices, and Power Design, Inc. to Pay $1.7 Million in Restitution to...
FFC-MAR
Aug 2, 2024
U.S. DOL W&H Recovered $441K for 45 Mechanical Workers of Labor Broker under Charles A. Klein & Sons, Inc. and Gilbane Residential Company, LLC at MDXL Flats Affordable Housing Development in D.C.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division ("WHD") recently recovered $441K in back wages for 45 mechanical workers of Day-Debut...
FFC-MAR
Jul 25, 2024
D.C. Attorney General Schwalb Sues 5 Construction Companies and Labor Brokers for Widespread Illegal Worker Misclassification Scheme
June 18, 2024 Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that The Office of Attorney General (“OAG”) filed a lawsuit today, alleging...
FFC-MAR
Jun 18, 2024
Judge Upholds Findings; Concrete Sub V&V Construction, Inc., Under Prime, Hamel Builders, Inc., Owes 186K to 55 Craft-Misclassified Workers at DC DHCD's Liberty Place Apts Affordable Housing Project
V&V Construction, Inc. and owners wrongly classified employees, falsified records On May 8, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”)...
FFC-MAR
May 20, 2024
Project Labor Agreements Promote Bid Competition, Control Costs, and Boost Apprenticeships; Study Analyzing 95 Port of Seattle Airport and Seaport Projects Finds PLAs Deliver Better Outcomes
Tuesday, the Illinois Economic Policy Institute ("ILEPI") and the Project for Middle Class Renewal ("PMCR") at the University of Illinois...
FFC-MAR
May 9, 2024
U.S. DOL W&H Recovers $34K for 9 Sheet Metal Workers of Labor Broker Under Titan Mechanical Inc. and Foulger-Pratt at the Paxton Affordable Housing Development in Ward 7
U.S. DOL announced April 15 that it recovered 34K in wages and benefits for 9 sheet metal workers of Day-Debut Mechanical Inc., under...
FFC-MAR
Apr 19, 2024
U.S. DOL and Southeast Louisiana Building & Construction Trades Council Establish Partnership to Improve Industry Compliance
The U.S. Department of Labor and the Southeast Louisiana Building & Construction Trades Council announced that they've established a...
FFC-MAR
Mar 27, 2024
Misclassification & Wage Theft Alleged at Foulger-Pratt's Paxton Housing Development in NE D.C.
A group of construction workers filed collective action 1:24-cv-00262 January 29, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for D.C. vs....
FFC-MAR
Feb 6, 2024
U.S. DOL Recovers Back Pay and Sick Leave for Thousands of Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division ("W&H") recovered nearly $16 million in back wages and restored more than $24,700...
FFC-MAR
Feb 3, 2024
Three Sheet Metal Workers Settle Wage Theft Claims Against Hamel Builders and Clemons Builders
Three sheet metal workers have resolved their claims against Hamel Builders, Inc. and Clemons Builders for a total of $160,000. In July...
FFC-MAR
Oct 31, 2023
Prestige Drywall Settlement with the D.C. Attorney General's Office
WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced August 17 that Prestige Drywall, a construction company that operates in the...
FFC-MAR
Aug 22, 2023
U.S. DOL Recovers $633K for 84 Construction Workers of 6 Subcontractors Under McCullough Construction, LLC at The Bridge Apartments Affordable Housing Development in D.C.
The U.S. Department of Labor (“Department”) has recovered $633,029 in back wages for 84 workers alleged to have been denied their full...
FFC-MAR
Mar 21, 2023
Construction Workers Sue 8 Major Contractors Alleging Wage Theft on 14 Maryland School Projects
Prince George’s County, Maryland – A group of workers have filed a lawsuit in Prince George’s Circuit Court alleging rampant violations...
FFC-MAR
Mar 23, 2022
FFC Partners with Maryland Attorney General in Criminal Case Against Contractor for Wage Theft
On November 5, 2021, Maryland’s Office of Attorney General announced that Sergio Blanco – owner of drywall subcontractor BAC Contractors,...
FFC-MAR
Nov 10, 2021
2nd Tier Subcontractor Under Congressional Iron Works Debarred, $531K Back Wages Awarded to 45 Ironworkers at Whiting Turner NIH Project
On August 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released that its Wage & Hour Division recovered $531,173 in back wages for 45...
FFC-MAR
Nov 10, 2021
Pennsylvania Contractor to Pay $20,696,453 for Largest Prevailing Wage Criminal Case in U.S. History
On August 3, 2021, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that Pennsylvania construction contractor, Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc....
FFC-MAR
Aug 4, 2021
Construction Workers in D.C. Recover $250,000 in Prevailing Wage Case
On May 7, 2021, the D.C. Superior Court approved a settlement agreement in which second-tier subcontractor H.E.P. Construction, Inc....
FFC-MAR
Jun 10, 2021
New Maryland Law Strengthens Protections for Construction Workers
Maryland's Senate Bill 300 strengthens labor protections for construction workers on public projects. On March 28, 2019, the Maryland...
FFC-MAR
Sep 9, 2019
Department of Labor Approves Payment of $107,500 to Construction Workers
The Department of Labor approved the settlement, which required payment of $107,500 to construction workers on a Davis-Bacon project in...
FFC-MAR
Aug 22, 2019
Sheet Metal Workers for Subcontractor Under Brothers Mechanical, Inc. and KBS Inc. Recover $193,662 in Back Wages at the Grove at Parkside Affordable Housing Development in D.C.
The Department of Labor found that the contractor failed to comply with Davis-Bacon requirements In July, the U.S. Department of Labor...
FFC-MAR
Aug 5, 2019
Workers in Georgia Receive Nearly $200,000 in Back Pay
The Department of Labor reached a settlement in Davis-Bacon dispute. In February, pursuant to an investigation conducted by the U.S....
FFC-MAR
Apr 15, 2019
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