Business owner ordered to pay more than $200K to employees

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Allan Vitale, the owner of R&A Drywall, was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution and penalties for allegedly violating Massachusetts’ record keeping and prevailing wage laws, state Attorney General Martha Coakley said on Thursday.

Vitale, a New Hampshire resident, allegedly failed to pay the prevailing wage, underpaying 21 employees who performed carpentry work on two public works projects between May 2013 and September 2014.