This post talks about California’s new COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave available to eligible employees from January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.
This post discusses some potentially unlawful aspects of employers requiring employees to take an unapproved COVID-19 vaccine which the FDA has only provided an emergency use authorization (“EUA”) for.
The California Labor Commissioner ordered J BBQ in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California to pay over $680,000 in unpaid wages and penalties after investigators found the restaurant denied 48 workers proper wages, breaks, and accurate paystubs.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC and three janitorial labor contractors were reportedly ordered to pay over $2 million in unpaid wages and penalty for illegally misclassifying 155 Half Moon Bay, California janitors as independent contractors and denying them basic workplace protections.
Seventy California ice manufacturing plant workers will receive over $1 million in back pay and liquidated damages after a federal investigation found their employers intentionally denied them overtime.
More than 90 janitors in Los Angeles and Orange County will receive a share of over $438,000 after the state found multiple janitorial companies and a labor contractor responsible for widespread wage theft.
California’s Labor Commissioner fined Costco, Ryder Last Mile, and subcontractor Mega Nice Trucking $868K for jointly misclassifying 58 delivery drivers and committing widespread wage theft, with most of the penalties going directly to workers. All three companies are appealing the citations.
A towing company in Southern California didn’t pay 32 workers the overtime they earned. The U.S. Department of Labor made the company pay $218,983 in back wages and issued $11,264 in penalties for intentionally breaking federal labor laws.