AG Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo jointly announced a lawsuit against a general contractor and five subcontractors for paying construction workers off the books on a Jersey City complex, denying the workers their lawful pay and benefits.

“Our state’s construction workers make enormous contributions to our state’s economy, and they deserve the full protection of our state’s labor laws. Too often, however, general contractors in the construction industry rely on and benefit from subcontractors who take advantage of workers and deny them their rightful pay. Today’s lawsuit seeks a stop to this harmful practice. Our lawsuit sends a message: we will act against general contractors who benefit from labor violations committed by their subcontractors. Workers deserve their rightful pay and benefits, and taxpayers should not have to foot the bill when these underpaid workers must turn to public benefit programs to take care of their families.”- AG Platkin