Contractor Fined $430K for California Labor Violations
A construction company was fined more than $430,000 for California labor violations that resulted in unpaid wages, overtime and other violations.
The stateis Labor Commissioneris Office secured the settlement to return unpaid wages and damages to 86 carpenters employed by the Howood Company Inc. on construction projects in San Diego and San Bernardino counties.
The fines were given to Howood Company, the general contractor, and two other employers, Wermers Multi-Family Corp. and JPI California Construction LLC, for multiple labor violations.
The LCO started an investigation when a complaint was received from the Carpenters/Contractors Cooperation Committee Inc. It was reported that several workers had not received their owed wages, while other complaints of wage theft were made on two additional construction projects involving Howood.
After the investigations, citations were issued for labor violations at all three projects. Howood reportedly did not pay its workers for several weeks on the following projects:
- 1600 Orange Ave, Redlands
- 4354-4364 Twain Ave, San Diego
- 1509-1521 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
The LCO is part of the Department of Industrial Relations.
