During the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, employees of Signal Restoration Services helped conduct recovery and cleanup for multiple hospitals in the affected regions, according to the daily newspaper New York Metro. However, they were not accurately paid for their services.

Signal is a contractor that was put in charge of relief efforts for Bellevue Hospital Center, Coney Island Hospital and Coler-Goldwater Hospital. The employees worked within facilities operated by New York City-owned Health and Hospitals Corporation, meaning they should have been compensated at a rate of $17 per hour, according to Crain's. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman indicated they were remunerated with wages between $10 and $15.

What's more, employees working overtime should have been compensated at a rate that was 1 1/2 times their normal wages, but the contractor failed to uphold the standard. Attorney General Schneiderman stated the workers involved in cleaning up the city deserved to paid in full for the work they performed, especially in the context of rebuilding the city after a natural disaster.

As a result of the negligence, Signal has been ordered to pay more than $500,000 in back wages to employees involved in the relief effort.

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