Henderson subcontractor ordered to pay back wages
A Henderson subcontractor working on a federally backed renewable-energy project has had to pay back wages to nearly 150 employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday that it ordered Proimtu Mmi-Nv LLC to pay $1.91 million in unpaid wages and fringe benefits owed from June 2013 through April. The department said the company violated prevailing-wage laws for the majority of its employees working at Crescent Dunes, a 110-megawatt solar-power plant under construction near Tonopah that is backed by a $737 million federal loan guarantee.
The department added that the subcontractor paid “general laborer” rates to employees in skilled trades such as iron-working, electrical work, painting and bridge-crane operation. In some cases, the workers should have earned as much as twice what they were paid.
Proimtu Mmi-Nv has properly reclassified its workers and now pays them as required under prevailing-wage laws. The company also agreed to raise awareness of prevailing-wage laws among other employers at Crescent Dunes.
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