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You are here: Home / Claim Management / Fight Workers Comp Fraud & Abuse / Couple Cited $58,000 for Alleged Improper Payments

Couple Cited $58,000 for Alleged Improper Payments

October 25, 2011 By //  by Robert Elliott, J.D. Leave a Comment

A Sharon, Mass., husband and wife who own insulation companies in Rhode Island and Sharon, respectively, have been cited more than $58,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors, and record keeping violations, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office announced.
 
 
“All workers on public construction projects in the Commonwealth deserve to be paid what they are rightfully owed under the law, said Coakley. “Any employer that has a state or municipal contract must abide by the rules, which includes properly classifying their employees in their records.” (WCxKit)
 
 
Alexander Shlepakov, age 51, owner of Padi USA, Inc., located in Providence, Rhode Island, has been cited for willfully failing to pay the prevailing wage to 10 employees at seven public works construction projects; willfully misclassifying seven employees as independent contractors; willfully failing to submit true and accurate certified payroll records to the awarding authorities; and failing to keep true and accurate payroll records.
 
 
After receiving complaints, investigators from the AG’s Fair Labor Division reviewed Padi’s payroll records and discovered that Shlepakov and his company owe more than $12,700 in wages to the affected employees. Shlepakov and his company must also pay a $12,750 fine to the Commonwealth.
 
 
The AG’s Office also cited Shlepakov’s wife, Tatiana Shlepakov, age 37, and her company Elad Industrial Insulation, Inc., located in Sharon, for willfully failing to pay the prevailing wage to two employees on public construction projects; willfully failing to submit true and accurate certified payroll records to awarding authorities; misclassifying two employees as independent contractors and failing to pay timely wages.
 
 
Tatiana Shlepakov and her company were cited for failing to pay employees $19,515.15 in wages. They have since paid $18,125.25 directly to one employee. Tatiana Shlepakov and her company are also ordered to pay a $12,250 fine to the Commonwealth.(WCxKit)
 
 
The Massachusetts Employee Misclassification Law provides that an individual performing any service shall be considered to be an employee unless: (1) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under his or her contract for the performance of service and in fact; and (2) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; and, (3) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed.

 
Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers Compensation costs, including airlines, healthcare, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. See www.LowerWC.com for more information. Contact: Info@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com.


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Filed Under: Fight Workers Comp Fraud & Abuse, Insurance Issues, Rates, Premiums, Legal Doctrines Tagged With: Construction Industry, fines, Payroll and Rates, Wages and Benefits

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