Foundation for Fair Contracting

12/20/2025

https://www.ffc-mar.org/es/post/el-fiscal-general-de-d-c-anuncia-un-acuerdo-de-transacción-de-1-500-000-con-una-empresa-constructo

El Fiscal General Schwalb anunció a principios de este mes que el Distrito de Columbia y Brothers Mechanical Inc. (“BMI”), una empresa constructora especializada en servicios de mecánica y plomería, han llegado a un acuerdo (“Acuerdo”) para resolver las acusaciones de que, desde 2020 hast...

12/20/2025

https://www.ffc-mar.org/post/d-c-attorney-general-announces-1-5m-settlement-agreement-with-virginia-based-mechanical-plumbing

Attorney General Schwalb announced earlier this month that the District of Columbia (“District”) and Brothers Mechanical Inc. (“BMI”), a construction company specializing in mechanical and plumbing services, have entered into a Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) to resolve allegations th...

12/04/2025

https://www.ffc-mar.org/es/post/el-fiscal-general-de-d-c-anuncia-un-acuerdo-de-transacción-de-725-000-con-una-empresa-constructora

El fiscal general Schwalb anunció ayer que el Distrito de Columbia (“Distrito”) y Christian Siding, LLC, una empresa constructora especializada en exteriores de edificios, han llegado a un acuerdo (“Acuerdo”) para resolver las acusaciones de que, entre febrero de 2021 y febrero de 2024, la ...

12/04/2025

https://www.ffc-mar.org/post/d-c-attorney-general-announces-725k-settlement-agreement-with-virginia-based-construction-company

Attorney General Schwalb announced yesterday that the District of Columbia (“District”) and Christian Siding, LLC, a construction company specializing in building exteriors, have entered into a Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) to resolve allegations that from February 2021 to February 2024...

10/02/2025

https://oag.maryland.gov/News/pages/Former-Baltimore-Construction-Company-Field-Superintendent-Pleads-Guilty-to-Stealing-Wages-from-Workers--.aspx

BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that Fredy Arellano, 45, of York, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to participating in a felony theft scheme that defrauded construction workers of wages on University of Maryland projects. 

04/19/2025

https://www.ffc-mar.org/es/post/u-s-dol-whd-adopta-las-tasas-salariales-prevalecientes-de-maryland-para-davis-bacon-a-partir-del-14

El mes pasado, el Departamento de Trabajo de Maryland anunció que, a partir del 14 de marzo de 2025, la División de Salarios y Horas (“WHD”) del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE. UU. adoptará las tasas salariales prevalecientes encuestadas de Maryland en los proyectos federales en el estado ...

04/19/2025

https://www.ffc-mar.org/post/u-s-dol-whd-adopting-maryland-s-prevailing-wage-rates-for-davis-bacon-effective-march-14-2025

Last month, the Maryland Department of Labor announced that effective March 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (“WHD”) will adopt Maryland surveyed prevailing wage rates on federal projects in the state covered by the Davis Bacon Act. Maryland Department of Labor’s...

02/26/2025

Workers misclassified as independent contractors lose out on critical protections, benefits, and labor rights including minimum wage, overtime pay, unemployment insurance, the right to form a union, and anti-discrimination protections in most states. 

10/30/2024

October 29, 2024Via Email ([email protected])Jessica LoomanAdministratorWage and Hour DivisionU.S. Department of Labor200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20210 Re: Comments in response to U.S. DOL’s proposal to update Form WH-347Control No. 1235-0008 The Foundation for Fair Contract...

10/18/2024

https://www.ffc-mar.org/es/post/el-fiscal-general-de-maryland-condena-a-prisi%C3%B3n-al-propietario-de-un-subcontratista-de-segundo-nivel

10/18/2024

https://www.ffc-mar.org/post/md-ag-sentences-second-tier-subcontractor-owner-to-jail-for-wage-theft-at-umd-capital-region-cancer

On September 30, 2024, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County sentenced Jose Walter Marquez Rivera (“Marquez”) – the owner of Congratulations Construction Inc. – to serve 90 days in jail followed by five years of supervised probation....