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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) recent announcement reminded prime contractors on public works projects about the consequences of hiring subcontractors who intentionally skirt the law by failing to pay prevailing wages. According to Christine Baker, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), Labor Commissioner Julie Su "has reinvigorated public works enforcement in the state," resulting in three public...
LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered three contractors to pay $1,821,453 in wage, training fund and penalty assessments for prevailing wage and apprenticeship violations on public works projects at UCLA, Saddleback Community College in Orange County and the Global Green Generational (G3) Charter School in Pacoima. Three separate investigations into B.A. Marble & Granite, Inc. of North Hollywood, Phoenix Floors...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations released a press release on April 22 detailing the order requiring Icon Metal Works Inc., a Fontana-based company that willfully violated public works laws, to pay $129,562 in wages, $47,575 in prevailing wage fines and $28,700 in apprenticeship fines for work performed at California State University, Los Angeles. California Labor Commissioner Julie Su emphasized that the public...
CALPASC Continues Urging Enforcement Agencies to Track Payment Practices on Public Works Jobs SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent media reports have emphasized that general contractors and subcontractors run the risk of being fined if they don't get educated or remain on alert to the possibility that public works might be attached to a project. The California Labor Commissioner recently announced fines in excess of $300,000 against a general construction...
FRESNO, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su fined seven construction contractors $313,705 for failing to pay prevailing wages on a state highway expansion project in Kerman designed to allow for increased traffic in the vicinity. "Developers and contractors in California should be aware that public works laws may be triggered when a project requires work on state roads or highways as a condition of the project's construction...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered Ace Cooling & Heating Corporation, a heating and air contractor, to pay $824,570.63 in wages, $23,685.12 in training fund contributions and $114,300.00 in fines for failure to pay 10 employees the proper wage for their work on the El Camino Community College Bookstore Modernization project in Torrance. The Labor Commissioner issued a civil wage and penalty assessment in an...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two separate investigations in the Southern California area, California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued wage and penalty assessments totaling over $1 million. "The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement plays a critical role in enforcing the prevailing wage laws and it is DLSE's mission to ensure all contractors compete on a fair playing field in the public works arena," said Department of Industrial Relations...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two separate investigations in the Southern California area, California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued wage and penalty assessments totaling over $1 million. In the first case, Commissioner Su ordered FTR International, Inc. (FTR) to pay $401,041 in wages and $185,725 in fines for labor law violations committed on the Los Angeles Union Station Platform 7 project. Southern California Regional Rail Authority hired FTR,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When cheated out of their legally mandated wages on federal building projects, construction workers can use the False Claims Act (FCA) to go after their employers for back pay and damages, according to an October 1 ruling by a federal appeals court. The case (U.S. ex rel. Brian Wall v. Circle C Construction LLC) is significant because it could lead to the kinds of whistleblower payouts that have become commonplace in...
Landmark enhanced compliance measures also secured covering company and its subcontractors on federal prevailing wage construction projects NEW YORK, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor sent a strong message today that it will seek to hold general contractors responsible not only for their own violations of federal labor law, but also for those committed by their subcontractors, when it filed consent findings and an order against Lettire Construction...
