BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced a series of citations against Quick Temp., Inc., its owner, Thomas Lauzon, and manager, Paul Long, totaling $1,392,665, in restitution and civil fines. The violations were for failure to pay a prevailing wage, failure to pay minimum wage, failure to pay overtime, non-payment of wages, failure to accrue earned sick leave, failure to keep true and accurate records, and failure to furnish employment notices to temporary agency employees.
Quick Temp., Inc. is registered as a for-profit corporation with a principal office located in Boston. The company, which purportedly ceased operations in March of 2022, connected employees as day laborers with numerous waste management client companies in the Greater Boston area.
“Quick Temp repeatedly denied their employees a prevailing wage and other benefits guaranteed to them by law,” said AG Campbell. “As we approach the holiday season, these issues of wage theft become even more pressing to resolve. My office will continue to hold accountable those who violate our wage and hour laws and do so in partnership with our unions and trades. I am extremely grateful for the partnership with Teamsters Local 25.”
The matter was initially referred to the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division by Teamsters Local 25 which reported that Quick Temp was paying workers significantly less than the prevailing wage rate they were required to pay by various municipalities' waste management contracts, for...
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