illegal workers
April 5th, 2017
There comes a time in the lives of attorneys when they confront things being done in the name of The Law that cannot, by any stretched interpretation or any intellectually honest review, be accepted or condoned as “being...
April 6th, 2011
Employee misclassification is theft and cheating. Misclassification is where an employer hires someone to work for them, but rather than honestly classify them an employee, they misclassify them as an independent contractor...
January 13th, 2011
Worker misclassification is becoming more and more of a problem as underhanded hiring by some companies harms not just the underpaid workers, but also the employers who play by the rules. Employers who hire legal workers and...
September 2nd, 2010
A grocery store owner in Florida will now face prison time for his involvement in a construction company’s scheme to hide their hiring of illegal aliens by paying them in cash.
December 9th, 2011
Employee misclassification is a major problem in Texas and across the country. I have written several articles on this subject and have been following articles on Construction Citizen referencing employee misclassification...
February 17th, 2011
(VIDEO) No Documents? No Problem! Fox 5 News Goes Undercover on a Tax-Payer Funded Construction Site
What happens when a company gets caught ignoring the law? An investigative news team from Atlanta's Fox 5 News recently found out when it took a hidden camera onto a government-funded public school construction site....
December 16th, 2010
New York recently passed the Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA). ConstructionCitizen explains that before this law was passed employers caught breaking the laws were only required to pay 25% of back wages. Since the penalty...
August 26th, 2010
The construction industry offers a panoply of situations and conflicts associated with hiring workers and running a business responsibly and lawfully. Construction Citizen exposes these issues and the companies who...