Lynn Hang – eComply Solutions

Enforcement Actions, Local Law Updates

Contractor in Albany has pleaded guilty to defrauding minority-owned businesses in an $800,000 scheme. He is expected to receive a sentence of 3 1/2 to 12 years in state prison…

Hurricane Michael’s Impact on Transportation and Public Works

October 11, 2018

Local Law Updates, State Law Updates

In the wake of Hurricane Michael, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is currently preparing roadways for impacts from the hurricane and has suspended all construction operations from the roadways.…

U.S. Recovers $14.3 Million for Hurricane Recovery Workers

September 26, 2018

Enforcement Actions, Federal Law Updates

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has recovered $14,337,657 in unpaid wages for 7,761 employees engaged in hurricane recovery work in Puerto Rico and the U.S.…

New Jersey Revising Penalties Under Prevailing Wage Act

September 19, 2018

Bill A-1852 was passed by the New Jersey Assembly Labor Committee on September 17, 2018. Under the bill, upon conviction of a first or second violation under the Prevailing Wage…

Portland Looking to Add Prevailing Wage Requirement

September 7, 2018

Local Law Updates

Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling is proposing a requirement that will require contractors who are awarded jobs of $50,000 or more for public roads or buildings to pay prevailing wages and…

Contractor Charged for Falsifying CPRs on La Guardia Airport Project

August 23, 2018

In New York, a contractor has been arrested for allegedly submitting false certified payrolls on a project at La Guardia Aiport, which resulted in 28 construction workers being underpaid by…

Ninth Circuit Upholds California’s SB 954 Requiring Public Works Employers to Obtain Employee Collective Consent before Contributing to Anti-Union IAFs

August 16, 2018

Interpipe Contracting, Inc. and the Associated Builders and Contractors of California Cooperation Committee, Inc. challenged SB 954, which amended the Labor Code to clarify that employers may take a wage…

ABC Test Makes Misclassification a Bigger Risk

August 8, 2018

State Law Updates

California recently adopted the “ABC Test” for business owners to use in order to prove that a worker is an independent contractor and not an employee. It is also being…

Construction Company in New York Indicted for Wage Theft and Insurance Fraud

August 2, 2018