A new hotline for workplace fraud debuts

Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Suzanne M. Bump (right) today announced a new toll-free hotline, 1-877-96-LABOR, and a website for the public to report suspected cases of workplace fraud in the Bay State.

These new outreach tools follow Governor Deval L. Patrick’s signing in March of an executive order that established the Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy, chaired by Director of Labor George E. Noel, Bump's office said.

“Stamping out such fraud is a high priority of the Patrick administration,” Bump said in a statement. “The hotline and website are ways to report wrongdoing so that we can restore fairness in our state’s economy and help those who go to work each day to earn an honest day’s wage."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)