Injured workers at construction firms will get $1.4 million

STATEWIDE — A NETWORK OF RELATED CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION COMPANIES MUST PAY $1.4 million in restitution to more than 700 employees injured between 2016 and 2024 and establish major policy reforms, according to a settlement that its parent company, Alba Services, Inc., reached with NY Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has a $1.5 million settlement — including paying $100,000 to a settlement administrator — with Alba Services, Inc., its owner Andrew Horan and related companies for repeatedly violating state workers’ compensation laws, retaliating against injured workers and failing to address sexual harassment in the workplace.

The OAG’s comprehensive investigation revealed unlawful practices dated back nearly a decade and impacted more than 700 workers. OAG found that between 2016 and 2024, Alba failed to report hundreds of workplace injuries to the Workers’ Compensation Board as required by law and explicitly instructed employees not to file eligible claims in order to reduce insurance costs.

OAG found that Alba retaliated against employees who sought to file claims through harassment, threats, and financial incentives to stay silent. On at least two occasions, the company posted flyers publicly naming workers who had filed claims and accused them of fraud and offering cash rewards to get them arrested.

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