Mc Gowen Builders Sued by Laborer Over Allegedly Improper Overtime Wages

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A laborer for Mc Gowen Builders Inc. has filed a proposed collective action against the construction company and its owners that alleges the man was not paid lawful wages for work performed on publicly funded construction projects.

According to the case, the plaintiff and other laborers worked on the Queens Community Center public works project in New York and should have received state-mandated prevailing wages, as described in the complaint:

“Depending on the particular contract and the type of work performed, the prevailing regular rate of wages on work performed for the Defendants ranged from approximately $39.85 to $41.00 an hour, plus supplemental benefit raters, depending on the locality and contract. For work performed on weekends, the prevailing wage amounted to time and a half or in some cases double time, for work performed on weekends, and, in some counties, call for an additional amount of money on top of the half time premium.”

The plaintiff alleges he regularly worked in excess of 40 hours each week for the defendants without proper straight-time wages nor time-and-a-half overtime pay based on the required prevailing wage rate.