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Allows deportation of any illegal alien convicted of driving under the influence (DUI). Adds human trafficking and human smuggling to the money-laundering statute. Increases penalties for employing illegal workers to $7,500 for first time offenses, $15,000 for second offenses, and $40,000 for all subsequent offenses.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act legalized most undocumented immigrants who had arrived in the country prior to January 1, 1984. The act altered U.S. immigration law by making it illegal to knowingly hire undocumented immigrants, and establishing financial and other penalties for companies that employed undocumented immigrants.
More than 120 businesses received civil penalties for employing people illegally in the past week.
Sadly, many employers resort to spying, threats, intimidation, harassment and other illegal activity in their campaigns to oppose unions. The penalty for illegal activity, including firing workers for engaging in protected activity, is so weak that it does little to deter law breakers.
Melton said in an email: “DIR and Cal/OSHA must follow the merit-based hiring process and applicable labor and employment laws. California law generally prohibits asking candidates about ...
The Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) is a California statute that authorizes aggrieved employees to bring actions for civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California against their employers for California Labor Code violations. [1]
Back in June, I reported that fast food franchise owners asserted that California's $20 minimum wage for fast food workers had cost the state 10,000 jobs in that sector, going back to September ...
The California courts have long grappled with the appropriate standard for determining whether a worker is properly classified as an employee or an independent contractor for the purpose of California’s employment laws. At common law, the employment relationship was determined by the degree of control over the details of the work being performed.