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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><img width="185" height="60" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01D2F19B.0C1AE600"></span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>June 30, 2017<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Charlie Burr, BOLI, (971) 673-0788<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Wage settlement includes $20K in civil penalties, ten year ban on public projects
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">BOLI investigation stems from prevailing wage and recordkeeping violations
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">PORTLAND, OR—A BOLI wage enforcement settlement will make WCI Construction LLC and owner Eugene Graeme ineligible to receive public works contracts in the state for ten years while assessing the firm $20,000 in
civil penalties, the Bureau of Labor and Industries announced today.<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The debarment and civil penalties settlement stems from work performed for Arlington High School in Gilliam County. Previously, the agency recovered $9,257.87 in wages after a worker filed a complaint in December
2015. BOLI wage compliance specialists found prevailing wage violations and failure to maintain timely, accurate and complete payroll records.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Copies of the WCI Construction LLC settlement agreement and Final Order are available upon request.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“It’s critical that contractors on taxpayer-funded projects follow the rules, pay fair wages and keep accurate records for their workforce,” said Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian. “Today’s settlement bars a repeat
offender from public projects for a decade after it once again failed to meet its basic requirements.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Notably, BOLI had placed a previous company owned by Eugene Graeme, Wrangler Construction, Inc., on the state’s debarment list from May 2012 to May 2015 for other Wage and Hour violations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Currently, the agency has 52 businesses, contractors and individuals on the
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/whd/pwr/docs/debar_list.pdf">debarment list</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">
</span><span style="color:black"> of contractors ineligible to receive payment on public contracts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Employees</span> with prevailing wage issues may contact the Prevailing Wage Rate Unit by calling (971) 673-0839 or emailing
<a href="mailto:pwremail@boli.state.or.us">pwremail@boli.state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Any public contracting agency, contractor or subcontractor can contact BOLI’s Prevailing Wage Rate Unit to
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/WHD/PWR/docs/pwr_coverage_guidelines.pdf">request a determination</a><span style="color:black"> about whether a project is a public works that requires payment of prevailing wage rates. In addition, the bureau offers
prevailing wage seminars to help contractors, subcontractors and public contracting agencies understand and comply with Oregon’s law.
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<p class="MsoHeader" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center"><i>The mission of the Bureau of Labor and Industries is to protect employment rights, advance employment opportunities, and protect access to housing and public places free from
discrimination.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Charlie Burr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Communications Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 1045<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, Oregon 97232<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 971-673-0788<o:p></o:p></p>
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