BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Security guards who worked at government buildings across Louisiana in October remain unpaid more than a month later, even after their employer’s contract was revoked and transferred to a new company.

Guard-Tac, which held a $2.8 million state contract to provide security services, failed to pay employees before losing the contract. Rivers Security, the previous contractor, has now resumed security services at state buildings.

State police made multiple attempts to contact Guard-Tac’s owner Damon Holden without response before revoking the contract, according to officials.

“The contract with Guard-Tac was cancelled due to a multitude of complaints, including employees alleging that they were unable to cash their paychecks or had their paychecks returned by the

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