Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Maldonado Roofing has been ordered to pay $57,428 in back wages, overtime, and fringe benefits to 41 employees after a Department of Labor investigation found the employer violated three federal regulations. The Wage and Hour Division found Maldonado Roofing violated requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA), the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
According to a news release from the agency, investigators found the roofing contractor failed to pay an employee overtime hours worked on a Davis-Bacon Act covered project and several employees similar overtime benefits when they worked more than a 40 hour workweek on a commercial project, as required by the FLSA. The company also violated FLSA recordkeeping requirements by failing to maintain accurate daily records of the number of hours worked by employees.
The roofer was performing work on a project funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Such projects require contractors and subcontractors to pay workers prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and as included in their contracts.
"Employers who do not pay legally required overtime gain an unfair advantage over those who do," said Birmingham, Ala., wage and hour division district director Kenneth Stripling.
