Southborough construction company JBJ Construction, LLC, and its owner, William Depietri have been cited $83,965.53 in restitution and penalties for failing to pay overtime to 28 employees, the office of Attorney General Maura Healey announced Thursday.
The AG’s office began an investigation after an employee of JBJ Construction filed a complaint alleging that he worked in excess of 40 hours in a week but that he was paid the regular rate of pay instead of the overtime rate. The investigation revealed that between September 2012 and October 2014, JBJ Construction failed to pay overtime wages to 28 of its employees.
This marks an ongoing crackdown on overtime violations by the AG’s office and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Recently, Leominster manufacturer United Solutions and a staffing agency it used were ordered to pay $1.4 million in back wages and damages to 566 employees, as well as $100,000 in penalties to the U.S. Labor Department. A Lunenburg construction company and a Framingham company were also recently ordered to pay $2,359,685 in back wages and damages to 478 employees for misclassifying the bulk of their employees as independent contractors.
