Building company owes $37G for wage, payroll violations

A construction company building a high-profile South Boston apartment building was fined $12,000 yesterday by the attorney general's office for a variety of unpaid wages and payroll violations.

J.R. Construction & Drywall of Fall River — hired to build 11 West Broadway above the Broadway T station — failed to keep accurate payroll records and pay stubs and make timely wage payments, and misclassified employees as independent contractors, according to four citations issued by Attorney General Martha Coakley. The company was also ordered to pay $25,480 in wages directly to five workers.

"At a time when many people are struggling financially, it is crucial that workers are paid the wages they are rightfully owed under the law," Coakley said.

But owner Anthony DeLima told the Herald he plans to appeal the fines and insists he paid the workers a long time ago.

"Where am I going to get (it)?" DeLima said, referring to the fine. "I don't make that money."

The five workers — some of whom are illegal immigrants — were represented by the New England Carpenters Union, which views the violations as an example of the growing underground economy in the region.

"The underground economy is a serious problem even in the heart of the city," said Mark Erlich of the New England Carpenters Union. "It's bad for the industry, bad for workers and employers, and bad for taxpayers."

Erlich said the union will continue to file unpaid wage complaints on behalf of workers and hopes Coakley's fines will send a message to other bosses.

"When the AG steps in and deems an employer to have violated the law," Erlich said, "I think that resonates beyond this one particular case."

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