📋 Tender Overview
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division WHD two subcontractors ODP Systems and Timber Tech Framing working on an apartment complex in Eugene Oregon will pay a collective 123832 to 38 employees after investigators found numerous prevailing wage overtime and illegal deductions violationsInvestigators determined that ODP Systems violated the Davis Bacon Act DBA when it failed to pay required prevailing wage rates to plasterers working on an apartment construction project funded by a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development multi-family insured loan. ODP Systems paid plasterers the rate applicable to general laborers which was less than the rate required for the work they were actually performing. Essex General Construction Inc. the prime contractor for the construction job paid employees 86826 in back wages and fringe benefits owed by ODP Systems for the DBA wage violations. On DBA-covered work prime contractors can be held liable for wage violations committed by their subcontractors.ODP Systems also paid four employees 5895 in back wages for minimum wage and overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. The company failed to pay some employees for time they spent traveling back to their home communities after working at out-of-town locations and failed to total the number of hours employees worked at different projects during the same workweek when determining if overtime was due.Finally both ODP Systems and Timber Tech Framing violated the Copeland Act by unlawfully charging employees for motel costs. The companies required employees to pay for all motel charges or to reimburse the employer in cash for lodging expenses. The two companies will reimburse 38 employees 48067 for those violations.The U.S. Department of Labors Wage and Hour Division is committed to ensuring that workers receive their hard-earned wages especially during these unprecedented times said Wage and Hour District Director Thomas Silva in Portland Oregon. The results of these investigations send a strong message that the Wage and Hour Division will continue to actively protect workers rights and level the playing field for employers. We encourage employers to reach out to us and to use the many tools we provide to help them understand their responsibilities.The Department offers numerous resources to ensure employers have the tools they need to understand their responsibilities and to comply with federal law such as online videos and confidential calls to local WHD offices.
