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Ocha Classic, a Thai restaurant chain in Los Angeles, has been fined $1.6 million by the U.S. Department of Labor for wage theft and denial of overtime pay. LA restaurant chain ordered to pay $1.6 ...
Lewis and his corporate entities owe workers $190,741 in minimum wage violations, $4,323 for contract wages, $57,312 for overtime, $87,656 for meal premiums, $238,569 for liquidated damages and ...
The other bill would lower penalties for less serious violations of labor law and increase penalties for more serious ones. Under the 2004 law, employers who have violated California's labor code ...
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.
California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk, officials said Tuesday. The two citations ...
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]
California Assembly Bill 5 or AB 5 is a state statute that expands a landmark Supreme Court of California case from 2018, Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court ("Dynamex"). [1] In that case, the court held that most wage-earning workers are employees and ought to be classified as such, and that the burden of proof for classifying ...
President Biden unveiled a proposal Wednesday to enhance overtime protections for millions more Americans. California already has stronger rules in place. Biden proposed new rules to boost ...