Employer name: Paredes Inc., operating as Superior Service
Investigation sites: 75 Garrett Trail
Maxwell, TX 78656
Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Paredes Inc. – a mobile home transportation company operating as Superior Service – misclassified 32 laborers and drivers as independent contractors when, in fact, the division determined they are employees. Drivers moved mobile homes from the local pickup location to locations in Texas, while the laborers took care of all electrical, foundation, plumbing and other requirements to complete mobile home installations. Investigators found Paredes violated federal law by failing to pay the required time and one-half its employees’ hourly wages for hours over 40 per workweek, and by not keeping federally required records.