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DirectionsThe Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has recovered more than $334,000 in back wages for construction workers who were not paid the correct prevailing wage or overtime wages.
Following investigations by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), two construction companies have agreed to pay a total of $54,000 in back-wages to workers involved in a roof replacement project at Camp Ripley in 2018 and 2019.
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has finished a state prevailing-wage investigation that secured nearly $315,000 in total back-wages owed to 70 construction workers of a subcontractor involved in the Digi-Key Electronic expansion project in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, during 2018 and 2019. The back-wage amounts ranged from less than $100 to more than $11,000 in payments to individual workers.
The Construction Worker Wage Protection Act (CWWPA) gives construction workers the right to seek their unpaid wages from the contractor in addition to or instead of the subcontractor that did not pay all of their wages owed. Workers may file a wage claim with the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) or file a claim in court to recover their unpaid wages.
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A Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) investigation found an electrical contractor misclassified workers and paid them less than the state's prevailing-wage rate for work they performed on a state-funded project.
DLI's prevailing-wage section found Minnesota Controls Solutions, L.L.C., of Champlin, Minnesota, misclassified workers as apprentices that were involved in a renovation project at Camp Ripley in 2019 and 2020, resulting in the workers being paid less than the prevailing-wage rate for the work they performed.
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Minnesota Statutes
Child labor – 181A
Employment, wages, conditions, hours and restrictions – 181
Illegal deductions – 181.79
Payment for employees who quit or resign – 181.14
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