Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has reached an agreement with the owner of a Revere construction company to settle allegations that he violated the Massachusetts prevailing wage, overtime, and records keeping laws. Richard Bennett, age 39, of Revere, owner of R.B. Metalmen, Inc. (R.B. Metalmen), has agreed to pay over $46,000 in restitution for unintentionally failing to pay the prevailing wage to seven employees, and nearly $1,600 in restitution for unintentionally failing to pay overtime. Bennett and his company must also pay $10,500 in fines for the violations. In addition, the company will pay $5,000 in fines for unintentionally failing to submit true and accurate certified payroll records to the awarding authorities at five public works job sites. Both Bennett and R.B. Metalmen, Inc. have agreed to a one-year debarment which will prohibit them from bidding on public works projects for a year.
An audit of the records determined that Bennett and R.B. Metalmen failed to pay the prevailing wage rate to several of their employees at a number of their public works sites including the Rumney Marsh Academy in Revere. Further, the audit revealed that the company had failed to pay time and a half to two employees for hours worked over forty in a single workweek.
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