State regulators ordered a Millstone Township drywall contractor to stop work on a luxury apartment complex in Raritan after they found the company violated wage and hour laws, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Wednesday.
SamPaul Contracting Inc. and nine other subcontractors on the project were cited for violations, including unpaid or late payment of wages; failure to properly classify employees; failure to pay minimum wage; and failure to obtain required insurance, the department said.
“Stop-work orders have proven to be an effective tool in protecting workers, with many employers coming into compliance with the law at the mere receipt of the notice,” Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo said in a statement.
The contractors were working on The Enclave at Raritan, a 200-unit apartment building with a bridge that connects it to a fitness center.
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The Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division has been making unannounced visits to high-profile, residential construction projects statewide with an eye on drywall contractors. It's an industry whose subcontractors have had a pattern of paying workers off the books, in violation of state labor law, state officials said.
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