Description

A construction/labor employee at a small electrical contractor was misclassified as an operations manager despite performing all electrical work requiring licensure, worked consistently over 40 hours weekly without overtime compensation on an $85,000 salary, and was denied contractual paid time off. The employee reports being threatened, terminated, and experiencing wage withholding after reporting suspected tax violations and illegal billing practices to ownership, along with demands to return company property as a condition of final payment.