Three accuse Pa. construction firm of failing to pay millions into employee benefit plan
WILLIAMSPORT -- A big Pennsylvania highway contractor has been accused by former employees of failing to make millions of dollars in required contributions to its retirement and other benefit plans over the past nine years.
Three former employees of Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of State College allege violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in a suit filed Wednesday in U.S. Middle District Court.
The complaint, which seeks certification as a class action, is related to the criminal charges filed by the state attorney general’s office that alleged the illegal diversion of pension money and other workers’ benefits.
The criminal case was resolved in August in Centre County when Hawbaker pleaded no contest to four theft counts and agreed to pay restitution of more than $20 million.
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