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Shipyard contractor ordered to pay $239K in back wages, benefits to workers
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BREMERTON A Naval Base Kitsap contractor has been forced to pay an additional $239,000 in wages to 26 workers after an investigation by the federal Department of Labor found they had been under-compensated for their work.
It s the second time Nova Group Inc., whose work in Kitsap includes $21.5 million in projects on the Bangor waterfront and $17.8 million in dry dock work at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, has been found in violation of prevailing wage requirements, the Labor Department said.
The workers which included carpenters, forklift operators, pipefitters and electricians were classified as general laborers, positions that did not pay prevailing wages and benefits, the investigation by the Department of Labor s Wage and Hour Division determined.
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