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EXCLUSIVE: Former Labor Inspector victim of Chinese Construction Company, calls on authorities to do their jobs.

ricardosprott12112019~Known Law Firm and Accountant assisting with alleged illegalities.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Almost two months after SMN News published an article about a Chinese Construction company that has been hiring undocumented workers that have been entering the island illegally by boat a former Inspector identified as Ricardo Sprott came forward since he too is a victim of the construction company he identified as to LIU FUJUN Caribbean N.V.
Sprott who worked for the Inspectorate as a labor inspector said he worked for the company under the radar since he is now on pension and has to try to find work to pay his bills. He said at the time he along with two other persons that are Dutch nationals worked in the management of the company but they were all laid off when they began to point out illegalities at the construction site.
Sprott said he is of the opinion that he is a permanent employee but was terminated verbally while his salary has been withheld. He said that he contacted the accounting firm where he was being paid but to date, his queries on his salary are not being answered. He said since his labor predicament he spoke to his former boss, the Inspector General Dr. Earl Best who sent inspectors once to the site but since then nothing was done.
Sprott alleged that when the inspectors went to the site they claim not to find any undocumented workers even though he provided all information such as the worksite and living address of the undocumented.
sprottpayslips12112019The former inspector also explained that his former colleagues called in the accountant since he provided payslips with her company name and address but the accountant denied he was working for her and implicated another company. He said he was of the opinion that the Inspectorate would have called in the owner of the company that was implicated and confront parties but the Inspectorate did not follow up. “Basically, they are not doing their jobs he alleged, I would like for them to do their jobs so that I can be paid.” Further to that Sprott said he tried filing a complaint with the Department of Labor and Social Affairs but to date, he is not able to get someone to take the official complaint. “These civil servants would listen to me and then say they are not the ones to take the complaint. They even told me they would call me back but to date have not done so. Sprott said he is growing weary of waiting since his bills are piling up and the money he receives as a pensioner is not enough to sustain him.
Sprott said he was hired to deal with inspectors from the Labor Department and SZV even though he knew the company had undocumented workers in their employ. He said that he was informed that a known law firm and an Accounting Firm were busy filings for the undocumented workers. Asked if he knew first-time applicants had to be off-island while their documents are being processed. Sprott confirmed he knew the procedures but he also called in the labor department when things were not going right.
In the past employees, and a subcontractor spoke out and even said they were taking the construction company to court.

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