Finds systemic violations by contrUS Department of Labor investigation recovers $229K in missed payroll, overtime wages for 809 misclassified construction workers in New Orleansactors who misclassified workers as independent contractors
NEW ORLEANS – A federal investigation into the bounced payroll checks of 10 construction workers renovating a nursing home in Panama City, Florida, found the employer who issued the bad checks had also denied more than 800 workers overtime wages by misclassifying them as independent contractors.
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division initially found GM GS Restoration Technology LLC in Chalmette missed payroll by distributing bad checks to the affected workers and by doing so, violated the minimum wage provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act. They also determined the employer misclassified 146 construction workers as independent contractors and paid them straight time for overtime hours worked, leading to additional FLSA violations.
The division expanded the probe and learned that Minu Boaca, owner of GM GS Restoration Technology LLC, and his brother, Marian Bobi Boaca, operated two other construction businesses, Global Disaster Services LLC and MB JR Construction LLC, both located in Kenner. Both companies shared responsibilities and related activities, common business purpose, payroll and workers.
By law, the employer is considered one enterprise operating under separate entities. Investigations of the...
On Friday, April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has agreed to pay just over $17 million to resolve allegations that ...