Credit: Original Image by Getty Images/erhui1979 The Minnesota Dept. of Labor says it has recovered $1.28 million on behalf of construction workers denied overtime and other pay at 19 job sites.  Two subcontractors have been ordered to pay $1.28 million in back wages and damages to 26 workers, resolving what the Minnesota Dept. of Labor and Industry (DLI) says is its largest wage theft case on record.  Workers were allegedly denied overtime, training pay and other wages according to an investigation DLI initiated in 2023 against Property Maintenance & Construction LLC and Property Maintenance and Construction Inc. (PMC), of Brooklyn Park, Minn. and Advantage Construction Inc. of East Bethel, Minn. “DLI’s investigation of PMC and Advantage uncovered widespread wage and hour violations on 19 separate construction projects across the Twin Cities metropolitan area,” the department stated in a press release.…