BOSTON — A New York-based rail system construction and maintenance company and its owner will pay more than $220,000 in restitution and penalties to resolve allegations that it failed to pay the proper overtime rate to workers on public works projects in the Berkshires, on Cape Cod, and in Framingham, and failed to submit accurate certified payroll records, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today.
Railworks Track Systems, Inc. and its President Gene J. Cellini, were issued a citation for improperly paying its employees on five public works projects by not including all wages paid to the employees when calculating overtime, and for failing to properly account for different hourly rates of pay earned by employees during the same work week. Railworks Track Systems was also cited for failing to submit true and accurate certified payroll records to the awarding authority on a weekly basis. The five public works projects involved railroad improvement work performed in cities and towns including Hyannis, Falmouth, Framingham, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Pittsfield, Sheffield, and Stockbridge.
“Companies must pay their employees the wages they’ve earned and are legally entitled to,” said AG Healey. “We are pleased to have secured this relief for the more than 80 affected workers, and hope that this sends a message to employers that we hold them accountable if they do not properly compensate their workers.”
The AG’s Office began investigating Railworks Track Systems in 2020...
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