By State House News Service
Beacon Hill lawmakers and other officials have for years lambasted unscrupulous employers that do not pay workers what they are owed, but enhanced wage theft prevention and enforcement legislation has repeatedly stalled out as liability provisions keep some employer groups from getting on board.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard testimony Tuesday on six bills dealing with wage theft, including companion bills (H 1959/S 1179) that would ratchet up enforcement against wage theft by providing the attorney general s office with the ability to file directly in court to pursue wage and hour violations on behalf of workers and to collect damages and attorney s fees when those workers prevail in court, and more.
Wage theft in construction industry highlighted in Sen. Eric Lesser livestream
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Senator Eric P. Lesser hosts a weekly Lunchtime Livestream series. The guest for March 12 was Noel Xavier, Business Representative & Organizer for the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters.
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LONGMEADOW Many laborers working for subcontractors in the construction industry face unsafe working conditions, forced overtime with no extra pay or even pay that withheld altogether.
During his weekly “Lunchtime Livestream” series Friday, Sen. Eric P. Lesser, D-Longmeadow, spoke with Noel Xavier, business representative and organizer for the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, about everything from wage theft and tax fraud to labor issues within the construction industry.