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Company: Prestige Drywall
Penalty: $604,640
Year: 2023
Date: August 17, 2023
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that Prestige Drywall, a construction company that operates in the District of Columbia, will pay over $600,000 in restitution to harmed workers and penalties to the District as part of a wage theft settlement with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The settlement resolves OAG's investigation into allegations that Prestige Drywall extensively misclassified workers as independent contractors instead of employees, depriving them of overtime pay, sick leave, and other employment protections and benefits they were lawfully entitled to receive.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: District of Columbia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: District of Columbia
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