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The Losses Keep Mounting
Watch the losses climb from 2017 to now! $8.4 billion a year was lost from 2017 through 2020 and $10 billion a year from 2021.
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National News
- 19 State AGs Join Opposition to USDOL Joint Employer Rule
- The Gutting of the IRS
- IRS Tax Enforcement Collapsing
- State AGs Can Protect Labor Standards
- 12 State Attorneys Call on NLRB to Crack Down on Misclassification
- IRS Inspector General: Egregious Payroll Tax Evasion Exploding
- Shell Games: The Construction Industry’s Perfected Fraud Scheme
- Payroll Fraud an Unfair Labor Practice
- Economic Policy Institute: Misclassification is a Large and Growing Problem
- Pro Publica Series: The Demolition of Workers’ Comp
- Pro Publica Series: How Much is Your Arm Worth?
- Contract to Cheat National Report
- Court blocks noxious USDOL Joint Employer Rule
- USDOL to Reconsider Harmful Rule
- USDOL Withdraws Harmful Independent Contractor Rule
- UBC Supports USDOL Nixing Harmful Joint Employer Rule
- NBC Nightly News: Workers go Unpaid and Hungry While Others Profit
- Wage Theft Exposed in San Diego Broadcast
- NLRB and DOJ Sign Pact to Protect Workers
- How Insurers Enable Work Comp Premum Fraud
- USDOL on Supporting Immigrant Workers in Labor Disputes
- Feds Bust Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
Arizona
California
- New CA Law Beefs up Tax Fraud Task Force
- CA Strengthens Employment Rights
- CA Contractor Faces 20 Years for Forced Labor
- CA Contractor Cited $12 Million for Wage Theft
- CA DIR Seeks $2 Million from Drywall Contractor
- CA DIR Collects $1.1 Million
- L.A. Times Op-Ed: Workers’ Comp Protections Are Aggravated by Payroll Fraud
- Wage Theft Confidential-How Your Earnings Are Stolen
- State Cracks Down on Wage Theft by Employers
- CA Supreme Court Adopts Favorable Employment Test
- CA AG Establishes Workers Rights Unit
- San Diego DA Establishes Worker Protection Unit
- Cal DOL Cites Contractor $1.7 Million
- USDOL Collects $860k for 568 Drywall Workers in San Diego
- CA DOL Cites Contractor $7.2 Million
Canada
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
- DC AG Report: Fraud in Construction Harms the District
- DC AG Racine Sues Electrical Contractor
- DC AG Collects $2.75 Million
- DC AG Getting $200k from Capitol Drywall
- Rampant Wage Theft on DC Construction
- Wage Theft Alleged at High Profile DC VA Projects
- DC AG Sues Contractors
- DC AG Gets Over $1 Million From Contractor
- DC AG Gets $575K from Manganaro
- DC AG Collects $835K from Maryland Applicators
- DC Contractor Pays $600k and Debarred
- DC Contractor to pay $225k
- DC AG Secures $350k for Workers
Florida
- FL Contractor Arrested for Premium Fraud Scheme
- Shell Games: How Construction Cons Steal Worker Comp Premiums
- Florida Man Gets 27 Months in Federal Prison
- Did Miami’s Biggest Developer Avoid Labor Taxes? Feds Investigating
- Feds Nab Fraud Scheme Organizers
Georgia
Hawaii
- Hawaii Contractor Fine $767K for Alleged Payroll Fraud
- DOL Seeks $500,000 From Hawaiian Contractor
- Undercover Video of Cash Pay Leads to Major Investigation on Hawaii Project
- State Gets $1.09 Million to Fight Payroll Fraud
- HI Contractor Pays $115k for OT Violation
- GA Contractor to Pay $693K for OT Violations in HI
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
- Indiana Town OKs Tax Fraud Ordinance
- IN Construction Industry Tax Fraud Costing Millions
- Two IN Contractors Accused of Tax Fraud
IOWA
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
- LA Labor Broker Indicted
- USDOL Says LA Contractor Must Pay 179K
- New Orleans Contractors Investigated
- LA Focus on Fraud Joint Enforcement Leads to $2.7 Million in Assessments
- A Billion Dollar Blueprint for a Taxpayer Rip-Off
- A White-Collar Game with Blue-Collar Pieces
- Penalties are a Slap on the Wrist
- USDOL Collects Back Wages for Workers on Superdome Stadium
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- MA Contractor Sentenced in Fed Case
- Contractors & Developers Need to Play by the Rules
- MA AG Assesses Construction Cos Over $2.7 Million
- New Study Shows Wage Theft is Rampant in Residential Construction Industry
- MA Contractor Indicted by Feds
- Fed Court Tells P&B to pay 360K & Issues Consent Judgment
- Contractor Pays for Sub’s Prevailing Wage Violations
Michigan
Minnesota
- Crooked MN Contractor Guilty of Labor Trafficking
- Immigrant Workers Exploited in MA Building Boom
- Residential Construction Industry Built on Payroll Fraud Model
- MN Labor Trafficker Locked Up for 4 Months
- MN Drywall Contractor Arrested for Fraud
- MN: Former Owners of Merit Drywall Guilty
- Workers on Vikings Project Claim Wages Unpaid
- Fight Against Wage Theft in MN Intensifies
- Can a Code of Conduct Stop Abuse?
- MN Contractor Pleads Guilty
- MN Seeks $2.4 Million for Wage Theft
Missouri
New Jersey
- NJ Contractor Gets 3 Years in Jail for Ripping Off Workers
- NJ Gov. Signs Stop Work Order Law
- NJ, DE and PA Depts of Labor Sign Cooperation Agreement
- NJ Task Force Issues Missclassification Report
- NJDOL and USDOL Sign Agreement to End Fraud
- NJ Authorities Say Busted $100 Million Construction Money Laundering Scheme
- Underground Construction Economy Costs NJ Taxpayers Millions
- NJ Gov Creates Misclassification Task Force
- NJ Says Contractors Liable for Subs Wage Theft
- NJ Payroll Manager Pleads Guilty
- NJ Contractor Indicted for Premium Fraud
- NJDOL and Treasury Raid Job Site
- 20 Contractors Assessed $1.3M in NJ
- NJDOL Focus on Drywall Worker Exploitation With Stop Work Orders
New York
- NY Contractor Pleads Guild to Tax Fraud
- NYC Construction Company to Pay $727k
- Builders of NYC Skyscraper Being Sued for Wage Cheating
- More than $1.4 Million is Recovered in Back Wages and Damages for 300 Workers
- NY DAs Target Wage Theft
- NY Law Makes Contractors Pay for Subs’ Wage Theft
- NY Contractor Ordered to Pay Nearly $1M
- Manhattan DA Creates Worker Protection Unit
- NY DA: Labor Broker to pay $500k for Work Comp Premium Fraud
- Wage Theft Violators in NY Awarded Work
North Carolina
OHio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Payroll Fraud Public Awareness Campaign
- Contractor Formally Charged in Workplace Scam
- PA AG and DA Arrest Contractor
- Crooked PA Contractor Gets 23 Months
- Pittsburgh Mayor Cracks Down on Fraud
- As new General Assembly Building rises, so do questions about labor practices at site
- PA Contractor Accused of Stealing $20 Million
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin