Article: Workers accuse public works contractor of shorting pay

OAKLAND -- A general contractor hired by cities around the Bay Area to build things from schools to city halls is being sued by its workers, who claim the company didn't follow the state's prevailing wage law and forced them to sign false timecards.

In a lawsuit filed July 17 in Alameda County Superior Court, NBC General Contractors Corp. is accused of ignoring state labor laws by paying its workers minimum wage rather than a predetermined rate required for public works projects.

In addition, NBC General Contractors is accused of failing to pay its workers overtime, forcing them to sign fake timecards in order to receive paychecks and refusing to provide wage statements when requested by ...

Alameda County District Attorney’s office arrested Monica Ung, owner of NBC General Contractors, along with NBC employees Joey Ruan and Tin Wai Wu (Winnie Wu) on 48 felonycounts that included public works wage fraud, grand theft of personal property, forgery and insurance fraud. The construction firm’s illegal activities resulted in an estimated $3.6 million dollars in unpaid wages to 19 construction workers. Losses due to illegally misclassifying workers cost the state an estimated $1,451,735.85.

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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17078047.html

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/08/were_sf_public_works_jobs_part.php

http://www.ibew595.org/docs/NBC.pdf

http://ibew.org/articles/09ElectricalWorker/EW1009/03.1009.html