NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City officials are looking for more than 1,000 workers who were underpaid by contractors and are entitled to unclaimed wages totaling $3.7 million, the city comptroller's office announced Wednesday.
Comptroller Scott Stringer said his office is seeking the public's help in identifying the 1,056 workers, who are now owed money as a result of wage settlements with contractors.
Law requires private contractors working on city projects to pay no less than a "prevailing" wage set annually by the comptroller's office. When employees are underpaid, the office works to collect the wages plus interest, but workers are often unaware they are owed money.
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Workers who believe they are entitled to unclaimed wages can call the comptroller's hotline or send an email to laborlaw@comptroller.nyc.gov. To find out if you are entitled to unclaimed wages, you can also search by name here.
For more information, workers can visit the comptroller's website.