Construction Company Will Pay $191,750 for Misclassification

A Virginia-based masonry construction company will pay $191,750 for misclassifying nearly 60 members of its workforce as independent contractors and denying them benefits required by District of Columbia law. D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said Diverse Masonry's unfair business practices resulted in denied sick leave and other worker benefits through a pattern of misclassification. “The district’s development and growth depends in large part on the hard work of the construction trades, whose workers are particularly vulnerable when benefits are withheld in i...