ORLANDO, FL – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $224,113 in lost wages and benefits for 37 Florida workers after finding two employers failed to pay fringe benefits and prevailing and overtime wages to employees working on a new Veterans Affairs multi-specialty outpatient clinic in Daytona Beach.

The recovery follows investigations by the department’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for work being performed on a federally funded project.

Specifically, investigators found M.C.A. Communications Inc. failed to pay electricians their fringe benefits and the full prevailing wage for all hours worked. The Houston-based employer also used a rate lower than the prevailing wage rate to compute overtime, allowing them to pay overtime rates lower than required by law. M.C.A. Communications also failed to track accrued, paid sick leave. The division’s investigation recovered $42,729 for eight workers.

A second employer, EBP Electric Services Corp. in Plant City did not pay electricians fringe benefits and prevailing wages for all hours worked and failed to track and pay sick leave hours. The division recovered $181,384 from EBP for 29 workers to resolve the employer’s violations.

“Government contractors must ensure their workers are paid the required wages and fringe benefits they have earned on federally funded construction projects,” explained Wage and Hour Division Deputy...

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