The Illinois Dept. of Labor has ordered a bulk storage building contractor to pay nearly $500,000 in back pay to workers and penalties for failing to meet state-certified prevailing wage and benefit rates.
The department recently reached a settlement with Bulk Storage Inc., Beecher, Ill., which specializes in building structures for storage of salt, sand, fertilizer and other materials. The agency alleged the firm paid below prevailing wage on several publicly-funded projects, including a dome storage facility for the City of West Chicago, a salt barn for Dundee Town Road District and a public works building for Elk Grove Village.
