HVAC Businesses Face Criminal Charges-Just Like Individuals

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Can a business commit a crime? Not the owner or employees, but the business itself? More and more often, the answer is, "Yes." The owners of a construction company in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, recently learned that the hard way. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer charged G&R Drywall and Framing with misclassification of its workers. That's been a criminal offense in Pennsylvania since 2011, but this is the first such prosecution. It was an outgrowth of a pilot program run jointly by Stollsteimer's office and the state's Attorney-General, said attorney Brionna L. Denby of Cohen Seglias, a law firm specializing in construction cases. Denby said misclassification cases are typically enforced through civil actions, with monetary penalties imposed against individuals or businesses.