A Salem construction contractor is paying more than $68,700 in back wages to 31 employees who worked on a federally funded Eugene-Springfield area housing project.
A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found Mustang Ridge Construction, a subcontractor of Eugene-based Meili Construction Inc., paid several employees rates below those required on the contract, according to a news release.
The housing project, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was awarded to Lane County s Homes for Good Housing Agency to convert 112 units into scattered-site public housing and to provide new residential construction at Hayden Bridge Landing.