OAKLAND-Attorney General Edmund g. Brown Jr. today secured solution 3,9 million dollars, including $ 2.2 million to be repaid shall be more than 120 construction workers "cheated hour hour" based on the country in Livermore, Inc., when researchers completed the shortchange employees and workers ' compensation costs Shave multiannual system.
"The country's Government said won millions of dollars in contracts to build housing for low-income Californians," Brown said, "but the company turned on and the cheated callously its own workers, according to the hour-hour today, the solution returns. more than 2 million dollars in debt to their employees."
Brown's Office to begin its examination of a country mentioned in late 2008, the workers shall be informed of their wage category: incorrectly declared they were paid higher hourly rate shall be paid from the date of acceptance of the fact.
The researchers found that in the years 2006 to 2008, the company, as a matter of routine, to pay their employees a wide range of State-funded construction projects, as required by law on the work of the State Enterprise timesheets pay. revealed that the accused has been given by workers to 124 were at least once.
The company's reporting procedures also pay the hourly rates of the assigned to escape, to pay the full amount of the debt of the State of workers ' compensation premiums.
Brown filed suit against the country said in March, it is argued that the company engaged in unfair competition and broke the laws work status.
Today 3,9 million dollar solution implies land said to pay $ 2.2 million in Doggy Steps back pay (including unpaid payroll taxes): EUR 1.6 million employees, civil penalties and other costs and $ 136,000-State Compensation insurance fund outstanding unpaid workers ' compensation.
Today, the solution to prevent the country working out public works project funded by the State for a period of three years, the maximum permissible by the law of the State.
In some countries, a Government-funded construction projects include:
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-Giant Road Family Hotel San Pablo
-Jubilee Senior Housing in Berkeley
-Seven instructions Apartments in Oakland
-California State University, East Bay apartment pioneer Heights student
University Village student housing at the University of California, Berkeley
Country said to pay back wages two equal tranches of EUR 1.1 million, 31.December 2010, the first and second 30.April 2011. Restitution of fishery resources in the administrator supervises employees.
Infringements of the laws of the State of the work of the report, please contact Brown's Office at 1-800-952-5225 or file a complaint online at: www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/general.php.
Brown's original complaint, Alameda County Superior Court, and in today's settlement in writing and a copy is attached.
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