[co-author: Stephanie Kozol]*
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Campbell recently announced a number of citations against Quick Temp., Inc. (the company), its owner, and its manager, for alleged wage, sick time, and records violations.
The now defunct company — having ceased operations in March 2022 — previously connected employees as day laborers with waste management client companies. According to Campbell, “Quick Temp repeatedly denied their employees a prevailing wage and other benefits guaranteed to them by law.”
The Massachusetts AG was apprised of the alleged violations by Teamsters Local 25, which reported that the company had been paying workers significantly less than the prevailing wage rate required by multiple municipalities’ waste management contracts. The Teamsters also disclosed that employees were required to cash pay “vouchers” at a local check cashing establishment, which required a fee to do so.
A subsequent investigation by the Massachusetts AG determined that, in addition to prevailing wage violations, the company deducted wages from pay for cashing vouchers, did not pay overtime, failed to pay a minimum wage, failed to keep true and accurate records, and did not furnish earned sick leave. The citations issued by the Massachusetts AG total $1,392,665, in restitution and civil fines.
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