Prevailing Wage
Contractor failed to pay prevailing wages and benefits, falsified payrolls,
and engaged in kickbacks
.
ALJ Lewis found that a contractor violated the Labor Law by failing to
pay prevailing wages and supplemental benefits to six employees on four
public works contracts. Based upon credible testimony by two of the workers,
documentary evidence and videotapes made by one of the workers, ALJ Lewis
found that respondent issued checks to the workers for prevailing wages
and benefits, required the workers to endorse the backs of the checks
but did not permit them to keep the checks, and instead paid them in cash
at lower daily or weekly rates, thereby engaging in a "kickback" scheme.
Office of the Comptroller v. Abbey Painting Corp.
(in PDF), OATH Index No. 2544/11 (June 26, 2012).
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