BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a series of citations against Idea Painting Company and its owner, Elias Delana Junior, totaling $511,045.50 in restitution and civil penalties for failure to keep or furnish accurate records and pay employees sick time and overtime wages.

“I am grateful to IUPAT DC35 for their case referral and partnership in working to hold Idea Painting accountable for significant wage and benefit violations," said AG Campbell. “The office will continue to protect workers and ensure they receive the monies and benefits they are entitled to.”

“We are often on the frontlines of fighting against worker exploitation, so having an ally in the Attorney General who will partner with us and take action when contractors take advantage of hard-working people is crucial,” said Rodrigo Badaro, Business Rep/Organizer for International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35. “I want to thank the Attorney General’s Office for helping to bring justice back to these workers.”

A Medfield-based employer, Idea Painting works on both residential and commercial projects in Norfolk County and the Greater Boston area.

Former employees made complaints with the AG’s Office that alleged Idea Painting had denied the employees proper overtime wages—of one and one-half times the regular hourly rate—and paid their straight hourly rate instead. The employees worked 6 days a week and regularly worked between 55 and 65 hours in a week. In...

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