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$7.5M In Back Wages Paid To 865 Utility Workers Who Restored Power In NJ After Tropical Storm $7.5M In Back Wages Paid To 865 Utility Workers Who Restored Power In NJ After Tropical Storm
$7.5M In Back Wages Paid To 865 Utility Workers Who Restored Power In NJ After Tropical Storm The 865 utility workers who restored outages in New Jersey following Tropical Storm Isaias in August 2020 will be getting $7.5 million in back wages, state officials said. NJDOL Division of Wage and Hour Compliance investigators found that workers deployed by Pike Electric Inc. of Mount Airy, N.C., were paid less than the rate required by the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act during the recovery efforts. According to NJ Advance Media, the storm left 25% of New Jersey residents without power and a wind gust of 109 mph was recorded off Long Beach Island. Click here for Daily Voice's Isaias…

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Saddle Brook Payroll Manager From Montvale Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme Saddle Brook Payroll Manager From Montvale Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme
Saddle Brook Payroll Manager From Montvale Admits Shorting Workers By $1M In Extortion Scheme The payroll manager of a Bergen County construction company admitted that he shorted a group of employees by more than $1 million in pay by shaking them down for cash kickbacks, state authorities said. Rather than wait for an indictment following his arrest last month, Toni Jovanoski, 44, of Montvale took a deal from prosecutors following an investigation into his Saddle Brook company, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Jovanoski pleaded guilty this week in Superior Court in Hackensack to making false payment claims for a government contract (prevailing wage violations) and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges
All Shook Down: Bergen Payroll Manager’s Extortion Racket Shorted Workers By $1M, State Charges The payroll manager of a Saddle Brook construction company shorted a group of employees' pay by more than $1 million by shaking them down for cash kickbacks, state authorities charged. Toni Jovanoski, 44, of Montvale was charged with misconduct by a corporate official and making false payment claims for a public works contract, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Monday. At the same time, state officials allowed the general contractor, UniMak, to avoid criminal charges by agreeing to repay the seven cheated employees the full $1,082,041 they lost, he said. For more than five …

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by Jerry DeMarco