Press Release: 6/11/2025

AG Campbell Cites Owner of Rehabilitation Company Over $1 Million For Failing To Make Timely Payments To Hundreds Of Workers

 

Citation Includes Restitution for Nearly 500 Employees for Unpaid Wages and Penalties

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6/10/2025

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BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that her office has issued a citation against William J. Segal, Owner of Alpha Healthcare LLC, a Swansea-based skilled nursing rehabilitation company that operates multiple facilities across Massachusetts, for failing to make timely wage payments to nearly 500 employees. The citation, totaling nearly $1.1 million, includes penalties and restitution for unpaid wages. The restitution was paid directly to the impacted employees when a receiver was appointed to oversee the financial management of the company.

“When employers violate our laws, including by failing to make timely wage payments, the economic security of workers and their families is unfairly put at risk,” said AG Campbell. “My office will continue to enforce our laws to protect and empower workers, reminding employers that Massachusetts is serious about protecting workers’ rights.”

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) found that in violation of Massachusetts’ wage and hour laws, Alpha Healthcare LLC failed to make timely wage payments to employees for work performed between September 15, 2024, and September 28, 2024. The AGO asserts that the failure to make timely payments impacted all of the company’s nearly 500 employees working within each of its five private rehabilitation facilities in Fall River, Franklin, Newburyport, Swansea, and Stoughton.

The AGO began investigating the matter upon receiving complaints from multiple employees regarding lack of timely wage payments.

Massachusetts’ wage and hour laws impose requirements pertaining to employee pay and recordkeeping, including timely wage payments within six days after the end of a pay period, and payment for all time worked.

This matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Shannan Leelyn and Investigators Paul Gordon and Ann Yancey Bassett of the AGO’s Fair Labor Division,which is tasked with enforcing the state’s wage and hour, child labor, and other employment laws.

This matter is representative of AG Campbell’s commitment to championing workers’ rights and advancing economic justice, as underscored in her strategic plan. Earlier this year, AG Campbell cited airport service company Swissport over $3 million for violating workers’ rights, including for failing to make timely wage payments, and cited multiple Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s, and Subway franchise operators for violating child labor laws.

Workers in Massachusetts who believe their workplace rights have been violated are encouraged to file a complaint with the AGO’s Fair Labor Division at mass.gov/ago/fld. For more information about the state’s employment laws, workers may call the AGO’s Fair Labor Hotline at (617) 727-3465 or visit mass.gov/ago/fairlabor for information available in multiple languages.