More than $1.6M in unpaid overtime for 1,543 workers in the Gulf Coast recovered by US Labor Department

WHD News Release
The U.S. Department of Labor
Diana Petterson or Jason Surbey
972.850.4710 or 202.693.4668
Petterson.Diana@dol.gov or Surbey.Jason@dol.gov

Ongoing initiative reveals evasive pay practices in the temporary staffing industry

HOUMA, La. -- B & D Contracting Inc., a labor recruiting and staffing agency that caters to oil field services and maritime fabrication facilities along the Gulf Coast, has agreed to pay $1,660,438 in back wages to 1,543 current and former employees.

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