Attorney General Maura Healey’s Office has cited over 200 construction firms for wage theft violations in fiscal year 2019, making the industry the largest recipient of citations by percentage.

Healey’s Fair Labor Division issued citations against 209 construction companies or company owners and assessed nearly $3.1 million in restitution and penalties from July 2018 to June 2019, the AG’s Office said in a statement. In a notable case, an Ipswich construction company was forced to pay more than $500,000 in restitution and penalties for violations of state wage and hour laws. ERA Equipment LLC and its owners received six citations for violations ranging from failure to pay overtime to failure to pay the prevailing wage.

In total, Healey’s office assessed $9.8 million in restitution and penalties against employers during the period. During FY 2019, the Fair Labor Division required employers to pay $5.8 million in restitution and $4 million in penalties and more than 11,118 workers received restitution as a result of the AG’s Office’s actions. The division performed 165 visits to worksites across 72 cities and towns, answered thousands of calls from members of the public, and processed more than 6,300 wage and hour complaints in fiscal year 2019.

“This Labor Day, our report underscores the problem of wage theft and the toll it takes on workers and families across Massachusetts,” Healey said in a statement Monday. “My office will continue to make it a priority to ensure that workers in every part of our state and across all industries get the wages they have earned.”