Air Force Contractor to Pay Nearly $1M in Back Wages

California contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $954,000 in back wages to 901 workers, the Labor Department announced Aug. 27.

The San Diego-based manufacturer of unmanned aircraft and surveillance systems under contract with the Air Force acknowledged violating the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act. The federal law mandates contractors performing services as part of federal contracts of $2,500 or more must pay their workers no less than the wages prevailing in the locality, according to the DOL’s statement.

The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division began an investigation in December 2013, and it determined that General Atomics paid ...