Workforce (03/30/12)
New Jersey labor investigator Joseph Rivera has been sentenced to
60 months in prison for taking $1.86 million in bribes from
temporary staffing firms. Rivera, a senior investigator with the
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, took
bribes from certain firms to not inspect the firms and falsely
certify firms were in compliance with wage and hour laws. At
least 20 firms were involved. The incidents occurred between 2002
and 2008.