DOL Collects $1.5 million in back wages from USCIS Contract Employees at the Vermont Service Center

Friday, 02 October 2009

The Department of Labor announced it has recovered more than $1.5 million in back wages for 272 contract employees at the Vermont Service Center of USCIS.  In what can only be termed an irony of substantial proportion, DOL determined that contract employees of USCIS have been paid less than the required wage for services performed.  Attorneys who have had problems with the VSC mail room which is staffed by contractors have opined that perhaps unhappy workers believing they are underpaid are responsible for the high error rate.