The DOL has recently cracked down on wage theft in the construction sector. The Office of Administrative Law Judges ordered that subcontractor GSI Pool Finishes pay back $317,097 in back wages for three U.S. and 56 Mexican workers in April, for example. The employer illegally paid workers piece rates, as opposed to required offered wage rates.
In fiscal year 2022 the Wage and Hour Division recovered $32,913,795 in back wages for 17,127 construction workers. DOL announced in February that it would hire 100 more Wage and Hour Division investigators.
