Last week we told you about Marvin Mundo and Marciano Cruz, two construction workers who are owed over $11,000 in unpaid wages by a subcontracting company which did renovation...
Compensation
An attractive and competitive wage structure is of vital importance for sustaining high performance and value. An added benefits package further helps keep the focus on job, career and company successes. These are necessary components to attract and retain the right people to the construction industry.
Marvin Mundo and Marciano Cruz are members of Houston Interfaith Worker Justice Center. They are also parents and hardworking Houstonians who did their fair day's work...
The economy in California might be on the upswing, but the construction industry falls short regarding the underground economy and wage theft and insurance fraud for one of the...
Last week Indiana became the 23rd state to become a “right to work” state. Congratulations to Governor Daniels and the people of Indiana. Every business should have...
New Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Study Released in FloridaAccording to a recent report in the Florida Independent, wage theft and payroll fraud are rampant in Florida, and the...
First of all I have to tell you that I think that the subcontractors who hire day laborers, work them 12-14 hours a day, and then don’t pay them their base pay or even the...
Subcontracting companies working at Pulte Homes sites in Massachusetts have been found guilty of wage theft, payroll fraud, and unemployment insurance violations. The...
Last month Cornerstone, the quarterly magazine of American General Contractors Houston (AGC), published an article about the Construction Career Collaborative (C3), the initiative...
Loren Steffy, in his Sunday column for the Houston Chronicle, spells out the impact of payroll fraud and worker misclassification on the US deficit. He says that two things...
