An Elmira manufacturing business has agreed to pay thousands of dollars in unpaid sick leave benefits to unionized workers under a settlement reached with the New York State Attorney General’s Office.
Attorney General Letitia James announced July 1 that Southern Tier Custom Fabricators, a sheet metal manufacturer located at 1322 College Ave. in Elmira, agreed to repay more than $148,000 in restitution after failing to provide paid sick leave to unionized employees during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation in September of 2022 after receiving a complaint from a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 112…