First Solar has received significant federal funding, including a recent $8 million 81.087 Renewable Energy Research & Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, which triggers the Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act requires that construction workers are paid the area wage and benefit standard. Workers on First Solar projects in Northwest Ohio should check their wages to ensure they are paid the correct wage and benefit rates.
The complaint was received by the Department of Labor on Aug. 3…possible H-1B/H-2B visa abuse at First Solar PGT3, located at 28380 Tracy Road. The plant is scheduled to open early in 2023. Among the violations are: failing to pay the prevailing wage and fringe benefits, that U.S. workers were displaced and that U.S. workers with higher qualifications and skill levels were displaced by foreign workers.
The company, First Solar, said an independent review had found that subcontractors used unethical recruitment tactics and withheld pay from workers.
Foreign migrant workers had been “subjected to unethical recruitment including the payment of recruitment fees in their home countries, passport retention, and the unlawful retention of wages.
Are you a construction worker building a First Solar project in Northwest Ohio? Did you know: Under U.S. federal law, First Solar is required to pay construction workers on this project Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wages.
