Flooring Contractor Cited for Labor Law Violations

The Rhode Island labor department has ordered a second contractor to pay penalties and back wages to workers whom state regulators say were misclassified as independent contractors. State Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen said the department on Sept. 24 ordered Mancieri Flooring Co. LLC to pay $331,000 in civil penalties, interest and back wages and debarred it from doing work on any prevailing-wage jobs in Rhode Island for three years. On Sept. 1, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced DLT’s $730,000 settlement agreement with Pawtucket-based Cardoso Construction LLC. An ...