Federal contractor pays 64 employees $507K in back wages following US Labor Department investigation

Employer name: All Native Services Co.

Investigation site: 375 Perry St.
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia 31096

Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, Atlanta District Office, found that All Native Services violated the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act. The employer failed to pay the correct prevailing wage rates as required for technical writers, drafters/computer aided design operators and production control clerks employed on a contract at Robins AFB to perform technical data support services such as editorial support and publication editing.

Resolution: All Native Services has signed an agreement confirming its commitment to comply with the SCA and has paid 64 workers $507,610 in prevailing wages due.

Quote: “When an employer receives federal tax dollars to provide services to the government, they must comply with all applicable laws and ensure that employees are paid the legally required prevailing wages their contract requires,” said Eric Williams, the Wage and Hour Division’s district director in Atlanta. “All Native Services denied its workers their hard-earned wages and gained an unfair advantage over other contractors. We will continue our vigorous enforcement of the law to ensure that taxpayer-funded projects such as this one deliver a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work, and maintain a level playing field for all contractors.”

Background: All Native Services is a subsidiary of Ho-Chunk Inc., a tribal development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk Inc. operates 34 subsidiaries and employs more than 1,000 workers spanning more than 16 states and eight foreign countries. Other subsidiary operations include information technology, construction, government contracting, green energy, retail, wholesale distribution, marketing and transportation.

For more information about federal wage laws administered by the Wage and Hour Division, call the agency’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information also is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd/.