DLI investigation alleges Vikings Lakes contractors carried out wage theft

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry filed a case against two contractors on Tuesday for wage theft and unlawful practices. During a three-year investigation of Property Maintenance and Construction LLC, Property Maintenance and Construction Inc. and Advantage Construction Inc., the DLI found “widespread wage theft and related unlawful practices on 19 separate construction projects, including the Viking Lakes project in Eagan,” according to a news release from the DLI. The investigation found that employees of PMC and Advantage were regularly not paid wages they were due, not paid overtime...