Construction firms to pay $1.28M to workers in largest wage recovery by Minnesota labor agency

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 27, 2026

Words: 1,176

Last Updated: 3 days, 5 hours ago

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Two construction subcontractors agreed to pay $1.28 million in back wages and damages to 26 workers to settle the largest wage theft case ever brought by the Minnesota Department of Labor of Industry.

The settlements come years after state labor investigators began looking into the allegations of wage theft — first reported by the Reformer in 2022 — at the sprawling mixed-use development called Viking Lakes. The billionaire Wilf family, owners of the …

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