District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced that Brothers Mechanical Inc., a Virginia-based construction contractor with major projects across Washington, will pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it illegally misclassified hundreds of construction workers, denying them wages and benefits they were owed.
The settlement stems from an investigation by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and covers work performed from 2020 to the present.
According to Schwalb, the company worked on major developments throughout the District, including mixed-use and residential buildings in NoMa at 1200 3rd Street NE, 300 Morse Street NE, 300 M Street NE, and 1150 1st Street NE. Its crews also staffed projects at the Urby development in Navy Yard at 1399 Yards Place SE and at 100 V Street SW in Buzzard Point…