Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating whether workers who constructed The Wharf Phase II in Southwest Washington were denied overtime, prevailing wages, proper employee classification, paid sick leave, or compensation for all hours worked.
What is the issue?
The Wharf Phase II was a major waterfront development involving multiple multistory residential, office, retail, parking, marina, and public-space components. Public project descriptions identify approximately 1.25 million square feet of mixed-use development, with extensive concrete, foundation, structural, mechanical, and finish work across multiple parcels.
Large projects of this kind depend on numerous subcontractors and lower-tier labor providers. A worker may know the parcel, building, gate, or foreman but never learn the identity of the principal contractor.
Potential violations may arise when workers are paid through labor brokers, misclassified as independent contractors, denied overtime, or paid less than a required project wage.
Workers may have experienced:
- Receiving a Form 1099 while working under direct supervision.
- Straight-time pay for hours over 40.
- Flat daily or weekly rates for long workdays.
- Missing prevailing wages on qualifying portions of the project.
- Incorrect trade classifications.
- Unpaid time waiting for gates, elevators, cranes, materials, or safety meetings.
- Unpaid orientation, toolbox talks, or mandatory training.
- Deductions for tools, harnesses, protective equipment, parking, or transportation.
- Missing sick and safe leave.
- Final wages withheld after a subcontractor completed its work.
Signs you may be affected
- You performed construction, demolition, installation, finishing, or another construction trade during The Wharf Phase II development.
- You worked for a subcontractor, staffing company, or specialty contractor rather than directly for the project’s general contractor.
- You performed required setup, cleanup, material handling, or other work before or after your scheduled shift without compensation.
- You worked more than 40 hours in a week but did not receive proper overtime pay.
- Your paycheck did not include the required contract wage, prevailing wage, or all hours you worked.
- Your employer failed to accurately record your hours or pay you for all time spent performing assigned work.
Workers need not know the full contracting chain before contacting counsel. The project location, trade, supervisor, badge, photographs, pay records, and approximate dates can help identify the responsible companies.
If you performed construction, installation, excavation, marine, landscaping, demolition, cleanup, material-handling, logistics, or other site-support work on The Wharf Phase II and believe you were misclassified or denied wages, please contact Migliaccio & Rathod LLP through the form below, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (202) 470-3520.