Welders, pipe fitters along Gulf Coast to be paid $516K in back wages – United States Department of Labor

NEW ORLEANS – Two Gulf Coast staffing agencies have agreed to paid 353 workers nearly $516,000 in back wages after U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found they classified employees incorrectly as independent contractors and mislabeled wages as per-diem reimbursement for expenses never incurred.

Source: Welders, pipe fitters along Gulf Coast to be paid $516K in back wages – United States Department of Labor