A Pembroke construction company has been cited more than $200,000 in restitution and penalties by the Attorney General’s Office for violating the state overtime law and misclassifying their workers.

SCA Construction Inc. and its owner, Shane Adams of Kingston, were cited $221,391.75 for failing to pay overtime to 91 employees and for misclassifying them as independent contractors. The citation includes restitution owed to those 91 employees.

The AG’s office began an investigation after an employee of SCA Construction filed a complaint alleging that he worked in excess of 40 hours in a week but that he was paid the regular rate of pay instead of the overtime rate.

The investigation revealed that between August 2013 and August 2015, SCA Construction failed to pay its employees overtime wages. The state’s overtime law requires employers to pay qualifying employees time and one half their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a work week. The AG’s office also determined that the employer misclassified employees as independent contractors.

“Companies cannot violate our state laws to avoid paying their employees properly or to gain an unfair advantage,” Attorney General Maura Healey said in a statement. “We will continue our efforts to recover hard-earned money owed to workers.”