Tag: wage theft
Mountain View’s New Wage Theft Ordinance
Not only does Mountain View currently have the highest minimum wage rate in California, it also recently enacted the Mountain View Wage Theft Ordinance, which requires…
Contracting for Labor? Employers Cited for Subcontractor’s $1.6 Million in Wage Theft
The Labor Commissioner recently fined two California grocers and their subcontractor more than $1.6 million in wage theft violations. The subcontractor was cited for violations…
Wage Theft Doesn’t Pay
This January alone, the Labor Commissioner’s Office secured over $5 million in settlements for wage theft. Wage theft refers to infractions of the California Labor…
Nail Salon Fined $1.2 Million for Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors
Just because you want a worker to be an independent contractor, or the worker prefers being an independent contractor, does not make it so. Worker…
Several California Restaurants Fined Over $14.5 Million for Wage Theft
The California Labor Commissioner continues to crack down on wage theft violations. Generally, wage theft refers to infractions of the California Labor Code involving the…
LA Restaurant Fined Over Half a Million Dollars for Wage Theft; Workers Paid $4 per Hour
A Los Angeles restaurant has been ordered to pay $519,706 for wage theft violations uncovered by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office. Twenty-five servers at the…
Pay Caregivers Less than $3 per Hour; Be Hit with $7 Million in Fines
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited the operator of six adult care facilities in Los Angeles over $7 million for failure to pay the minimum…
