Company fined $100K for Worcester streetlight project
A now-defunct company allegedly paid employees less than prevailing wages for a Worcester streetlight repair project is being forced to pay $100,000 in restitution and penalties, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday.
Wilmington Wiring Corp. intentionally failed to pay prevailing wages and furnish payroll records, Healey's office said.
The Attorney General's Office said it found only union employees were paid proper pay rates, with six non-union workers underpaid. The company ignored the office's payroll demands after it began an investigation in January 2016 following an employee's complaint to the state he wasn't paid properly for a five-year streetlight repair project in Worcester.
Wilmington Wiring Corp. dissolved in May 2016, Healey's office said. The citations were issued against the company and owner John Garrett.
Contractors and subcontractors for public construction projects must pay their employees a special minimum wage based on the occupational classification for the type of work the employees perform under the state's prevailing wage law, according to the Attorney General's Office.
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