The U.S. Labor Department said it has ordered a Wolcott landscaping company to pay $300,000 in back wages and fines after finding that it failed to pay prevailing wages to foreign workers on temporary visas.
Investigations from the department’s New Haven office also found that Ultimate Services Professional Grounds Management Inc. kept inaccurate records related to its worker recruitment. Most of the U.S. workers listed on its recruitment records did not actually work for the company, officials said.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ H-2B visa program requires employers to take proactive efforts to recruit and hire domestic employees first.
The violations took place in 2011 and 2012.
