Tag: labor

The owner of three Bellport concrete supply and construction companies must pay a total of $987,591 in back wages and damages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that the employer schemed to withhold 99 workers’ overtime pay, according to a consent judgement issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Compared to a year ago, unemployment is down and the private sector has added jobs by the thousands.