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24 More ‘Bad Businesses’ Caught Stiffing Employees, NJ Says
Now, 200 companies are listed on the state's WALL, or Workplace Accountability in Labor List. The latest additions owe a collective $2.1M.
NEW JERSEY — Two dozen businesses were added recently to the state list of employers who have failed to pay wages, benefits and taxes, according to the New Jersey Department of Labor.
In total, 201 businesses are listed on the state's WALL, or Workplace Accountability in Labor List — with officials saying they collectively owe $20.2 million to their employees, or to the state. All businesses on the list are prohibited from receiving public contracts.
The 24 newly-added companies, which include beauty salons, landscaping and construction companies, and a local cafe, owe about $2.1 million, according to the Department of Labor. These new additions were added to the list in August and September.
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Records show many of these businesses were found to have violated workers' compensation law, temporary disability benefits law, or unemployment compensation law.
"All New Jersey businesses must comply with the law. When some businesses don’t, it’s more difficult for law-abiding businesses to compete," the NJ Department of Labor states on its website. "The WALL is a powerful tool established by law to hold businesses accountable for failing to satisfy their outstanding liabilities to the State."
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Here are the businesses that were recently added to the WALL, the towns where they are primarily located, and how much the state says they owe:
- A L C Contracting LLC d/b/a A.L.C. Landscaping & Construction (Hackensack)
- Total owed: $20,572
- Art of Beauty Salon Spa LLC (North Bergen, West New York)
- Total owed: $45,000
- AVR Enterprise LLC (Fairfield)
- Total owed: $15,218
- Dar's Staffing LLC (Little Egg Harbor Twp.)
- Total owed: $45,000
- AVR Enterprise LLC (Fairfield)
- Total owed: $15,218
- Ezcaramusas Express Corp (Medley, Fla.)
- Total owed: $30,230.42
- Freedom of Choice Health Care Inc. (Union City)
- Total owed: $36,863
- Green Town Landscaping LLC (Jamesburg)
- Total owed: $45,000
- Groundhog Services Ltd (Rockaway)
- Total owed: $112,029.91
- Hernandez Contracting Corp (West New York, Union City)
- Total owed: $117,099.01
- Jamail Developers LLC d/b/a JC Construction (Morris Township)
- Total owed: $660,418
- J.D. Baptist Electric, Inc. (Rockaway)
- Total owed: $112,248.16
- JJJ Trucking Corp (Caldwell, West Caldwell)
- Total owed: $45,000
- JV Tree and Lawn Services Corporation (Dunellen)
- Total owed: $100,000
- Main Street Café LLC (Wharton, Hackettstown)
- Total owed: $90,000
- Pao De Queijo Boca Do Forno LLC (Newark)
- Total owed: $45,000
- Paradise Construction and Building LLC (Hewitt, McAfee)
- Total owed: $115,186.44
- P.C.I. Welding Inc., d/b/a Party Crafters, Inc. (Scotch Plains, Linden)
- Total owed: $113,135.75
- PNS Construction LLC (Paterson)
- Total owed: $80,000
- Raymond Matthews (Cinnaminson)
- Total owed: $45,000
- Resende Construction Inc. (Newark)
- Total owed: $45,000
- The Clip Joint, LLC (Pennsville)
- Total owed: $45,000
- Vega Floors LLC (Bloomfield, Newark)
- Total owed: $116,856.11
- Zaki Transportation Group Inc. (Glassboro)
- Total owed: $45,000
The state passed legislation creating the WALL last year. See the full list online.
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