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The state Labor Commissioner recently issued citations to a Chino warehouse and distribution company for overtime violations and failure to provide a required 30-minute meal period to employees. The citations involved 865 employees and resulted in wages and penalties of over $1 million.
The commissioner’s investigation revealed that the company, Quetico, LLC, “established restrictive procedures which shorted workers their wages.”
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On March 6, the Labor Commissioner announced filing two lawsuits against three Los Angeles carwash businesses alleging multiple wage theft violations and seeking more than $2 million in unpaid wages, penalties and damages.
As HRWatchdog reported earlier this week, the state Labor Commissioner is making wage theft prevention a top priority.
“We will use every tool available to ensure employees pay their workers what is owed for the labor that is provided. Employers cannot be allowed to reap the benefit from the labor of their workers without providing them with at least the basic pay required by law,” said Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su.
And the Labor Commissioner has more tools available than ever before:
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