Labor Department Announces Enforcement Actions Against RIT Subcontractors

Albany, NY (June 08, 2010) - State Labor Commissioner Colleen Gardner announced today the results of two enforcement sweeps at the ‘The Province' at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) construction project. Widespread violations of State labor laws were found, including nonpayment of overtime, off-the-books employment, failure to carry workers' compensation insurance, and misclassification of employees as independent contractors by more than half (12 of 21) of the subcontractors interviewed by DoL on the site.

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Posted on Tue, June 8, 2010 by rochester research filed under

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