LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office issued a warrant for the arrest of Moon Hyuk Hahn. Hahn, owner of Pacific Commercial Company, faces 26 felony counts of insurance fraud, tax avoidance, and wage theft. The felony complaint was issued as a part of an investigation by the state of California’s Department of …
The State of California has cited Tesla and its janitorial contractors for not paying janitors their full wages at one of Tesla’s San Jose facilities.
LOS ANGELES – Lilia García-Brower was sworn in Monday as the chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement at the California Department of Industrial Relations. García-Brower served as the executive director of the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) for nearly 20 years, helping to grow the organization into one of the most formidable and …
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View citations here. Janitorial watchdog uncovers Tesla contractor has denied workers breaks, legal wages and failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance. LOS ANGELES—The state of California has cited and fined Tesla, Inc. and its janitorial subcontractors for violating a workers’ compensation law and a second investigation into wage theft is ongoing. Investigators for the Maintenance …
The state of California has cited and fined Superior Grocers and its janitorial subcontractor for violating a workers’ compensation law and a second investigation into wage theft is ongoing. Investigators for the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, a janitorial industry watchdog that has found $70 million in unpaid wages in the past 20 years, first uncovered rampant and systemic wage theft at the Southern California grocery chain that has 45 stores.
The California Labor Commission announced that it has filed suit against Corporate Building Services and its subcontractors, for roughly $7.4 million in damages to janitors. This janitorial company is amongst thousands across the State that is alleged to routinely skirt payroll taxes and minimum wage laws. This not only keeps janitors’ families in poverty, but it robs CA taxpayers of millions in taxes and pushes responsible employers out of business which all contribute to one of the largest budget crisis in history.
