Labor Department recovers nearly $16 million in back wages for Afghan refugee project

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Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Saturday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

(CN) — A Florida-based general contractor and its 61 subcontractors must pay nearly $16 million in back wages and benefits to workers who constructed temporary housing and provided services for Afghan refugees in New Jersey.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday that it had recovered the back wages and restored more than 24,700 paid sick leave hours for more than 2,800 workers connected to the project.

“Government contractors must ensure their workers are paid the required wages and fringe benefits they have rightfully earned,” Jessica Looman, the Labor Department’s wage and hour administrator, said in a statement. “These violations are avoidable.”

Monday’s announcement centers on Disaster Management Group LLC, based in Jupiter, Florida, one of the general contractors to construct housing at McGuire Air Force Base outside Trenton, New Jersey.

FULL story: https://www.courthousenews.com/labor-department-recovers-nearly-16-million-in-back-wages-for-afghan-refugee-project/

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1. Good.