Minnesota Electrical Contractor Cited for Misclassifying Employees as Apprentices
$44K in back wages were recovered for the employees
An investigation by theMinnesota Dept. of Labor and Industry found that Minnesota Controls Solutions, a Champlin, Minn., electrical contractor, incorrectly classified workers as apprentices and paid them less than the prevailing wage rate for work on a state-funded renovation project in 2019 and 2020.
The department recovered $44,873 in back wages owed to five construction workers at Camp Ripley, a 53,000-acre regional training center for military and civilian agencies near Little Falls, Minn., with back-pay amounts ranging from $287 to $21,925.