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Labor Commissioner Cracks Down on Wage Theft; Orders Reparations to Maids Fired for Cooperating in Wage Theft Investigation
Jeanette Smith - Tuesday, April 15, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14, 2014 -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su fined San Carlos-based Sunflowers Maid Service for $394,944 in unpaid wages and premiums to be paid back to affected workers, plus civil penalties. The Labor Commissioner's investigation determined that 18 employees were only paid for eight hours while working ten hour days, and were not provided meal or rest periods. Three of these workers, fired in retaliation for cooperating in the investigation, were ordered to be reinstated as employees and paid for lost hours while wrongfully terminated. Read Full Article Here.
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