Heat and Frost Insulators News and Events

Labor Department to Increasingly Scrutinize Employers in 2015

 

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House Kills Two Anti-Worker Amendments


WASHINGTON—Building trades and government workers unions’ lobbying paid off as the GOP-run House defeated two anti-worker amendments offered by right-wing Republicans on April 30.

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Now You LLC Me, Now You Don’t: Shady Web of AZ, UT Wage Theft and Misclassification Uncovered

 

Labor Sec. Perez published a proud op-ed following the investigation

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Seattle, US Labor Department Partnering To Fight Wage Theft


Owners of franchises say they should be treated the same as small businesses under the law. (Photo by Hugh Pinney/Getty Images)

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US Labor Department recovers more than $87K in unpaid wages, overtime for 39 workers on federally funded construction project in Portland, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sierra Construction Co. Inc. has agreed to pay $87,239 in back wages to 39 employees who worked on The Prescott apartment building, a federally financed construction project in Portland. U.S. Department of Labor investigators found that Sierra and two of its subcontractors failed to pay the prevailing wages required by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that Sierra, the general contractor, violated the DBRA by improperly classifying workers in lower-paying positions that did not reflect all duties performed by the employees. For example, on the project carpenters and laborers spent significant time working as ironworkers, but were not paid the proper rate, which can be $7 to $15 more per hour than they were typically paid. Sierra also failed to include information listing the required DBRA wage rates in contracts with two subcontractors, who then failed to pay their employees the required prevailing wages.

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Veterans' Employment in Construction

Construction companies have pledged to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years as part of an initiative to encourage non-government support for former troops, according to an announcement made at the U.S. Department of Labor's National Symposium: Veterans' Employment in Construction on Monday, Feb. 10.

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OSHA cites Georgia company for exposing workers to asbestos, hazards

The following comes directly from a recent U.S. Department of Labor press release:

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