Matthew Purushotham
Tue, 04/12/2022
The District of Columbia Attorney General, Karl A. Racine, announced on April 6, 2022 that his office had entered into a settlement agreement that will require a construction company to pay more than $1 million to workers and the District after the company misclassified its employees as independent contractors to avoid paying them overtime pay or providing paid sick leave.
The settlement resolved a lawsuit filed in 2021 against the construction company and several of its contractors and subcontractors, which allegedly participated in the misclassification scheme.
The settlement agreement requires the construction company to:
- Pay a total of $460,080 to more than 450 affected workers.
- Pay $615,000 to the District of Columbia to resolve all allegations of worker misclassification and wage theft.
- Implement policies to ensure its compliance with D.C. wage and hour laws.
Implement policies to ensure its compliance with D.C. wage and hour laws.
MSE has represented many misclassified workers to ensure they are properly paid under federal and state wage and hour laws. For more information on MSE’s efforts to secure workers’ rights under wage and hour laws, visit https://www.mselaborlaw.com/practice-areas/misclassified-ot-ineligible.
For more information on this and other common wage and hour violations, visit https://www.mselaborlaw.com/resources/common-violations. If you believe your employer has failed to properly compensate you, including failing to pay you time and one-half for hours worked over 40 in a workweek, contact MSE at info@mselaborlaw.com.
