Connnecticut’s consumer protection chief said today his office has settled with three contractors accused of employing workers to do tasks for which they were not licensed or registered.
Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said all three firms agreed to settlements totaling $24,000 and to avoid such illegal practices in the future.
From 2006 to 2008, the agency said it launched separate investigations into work on the Crown Street Garage project in New Haven by Camsan Inc., of Stamford; work on Shelton High School by DC Electric Inc. of Hamden; and work done at The Shoppes at Buckland Hills in Manchester by TradeWinds Mechanical Services LLC of Exeter, N.H.
Allegations included failure to maintain the legally required ratio of apprentices to journeypersons, use of unlicensed and unregistered people to perform electrical work, and use of unlicensed and unregistered people to perform heating, cooling, piping and sheet metal work.
Farrell said Camsan paid a settlement of $5,500; DC Electric, $7,500; and Tradewinds paid $11,000.
