CT wage police recover $6.5M for workers

The state labor department said Friday it has recovered more than $6.5 million in unpaid wages for Connecticut workers last fiscal year.

The funds were tracked down by the Department of Labor’s Division of Wage and Workplace Standards.
The recovered funds include nearly $900,000 for employees that did not receive minimum wage or overtime, and another $1.9 million owed to workers that were not paid the correct amount while working at public contract construction sites. 

Additionally, approximately $35,000 was recovered for 34 service workers hired by private contractors who were not paid the correct wages.

The Connecticut Labor Department’s Wage and Workplace Standards Division also investigated 388 cases involving labor law violations, with inspectors citing employers in the following areas: personnel file violations, permitting night work of minors in manufacturing and mechanical businesses, the improper work hours of minors, hazardous employment of minors, and minors working in prohibited jobs, among other violations.