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LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a report released today, Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announced that labor law enforcement under Governor Brown in the first two years of his Administration resulted in more minimum and overtime wages found owing to California workers and more monetary penalties for illegal business practices than in any previous year in the past decade. In addition, the Labor Commissioner's improved targeting has protected law-abiding...
OAKLAND, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su issued citations totaling $584,635.97 to three Bay Area-based adult care facilities for wage theft, including minimum wage, overtime and meal break violations. Two of the three facilities cited, Dream Care, LLC, dba Evergreen Terrace of San Ramon and New Hope Community Care, Inc. dba Angela's Residential Care Home of Sunnyvale are residential adult care facilities while the third,...
FRESNO, Calif., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued citations totaling $1,625,468 to the Bedford Care Group, Inc., an assisted living provider located in Fresno. The Labor Commissioner cited the Bedford Care Group for labor law violations including unpaid minimum wage and overtime, meal and rest break violations, as well as the failure to issue itemized wage statements. "Workers across all industries in the state should know...
LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered three contractors to pay $1,821,453 in wage, training fund and penalty assessments for prevailing wage and apprenticeship violations on public works projects at UCLA, Saddleback Community College in Orange County and the Global Green Generational (G3) Charter School in Pacoima. Three separate investigations into B.A. Marble & Granite, Inc. of North Hollywood, Phoenix Floors...
NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Staten Island, N.Y. car wash service allegedly violated federal and state labor laws by not paying the minimum wage and overtime to workers and redistributing customer tips intended for car wash workers, according to a lawsuit filed today in Brooklyn federal court. Clean Touch Car Wash LLC is accused of violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), New York Labor Law, and the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act at its 2093 Hylan...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California's Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF), a multi-agency group formed to combat the underground economy, encountered serious issues with industrial equipment at two garment businesses Wednesday in an enforcement activity in El Monte and the greater Los Angeles area. The businesses were issued orders to stop any work with the dangerous equipment until the employers can ensure the equipment has the appropriate safeguards....
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two separate investigations in the Southern California area, California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued wage and penalty assessments totaling over $1 million. "The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement plays a critical role in enforcing the prevailing wage laws and it is DLSE's mission to ensure all contractors compete on a fair playing field in the public works arena," said Department of Industrial Relations...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two separate investigations in the Southern California area, California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued wage and penalty assessments totaling over $1 million. In the first case, Commissioner Su ordered FTR International, Inc. (FTR) to pay $401,041 in wages and $185,725 in fines for labor law violations committed on the Los Angeles Union Station Platform 7 project. Southern California Regional Rail Authority hired FTR,...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Treating the symptom of a problem can sometimes be beneficial, but identifying the source or cause of the problem is even better. Law-abiding contractors and the California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors (CALPASC) have been urging state agencies to adopt this approach in fighting the underground economy. The California Labor Commissioner's office took this to heart as noted in a recent announcement where multiple...
MONTEREY, Calif., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su today filed a $1.6 million lawsuit in Monterey County Superior Court against a Greenfield farm labor contractor, Salvador Zavala Chavez dba Zavala Farms, for multiple violations including failure to provide minimum wage and overtime to approximately 150 workers covering more than 10 work locations, primarily in Monterey County. The lawsuit seeks $1.26 million in unpaid wages, overtime...
