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Efforts to Claw Back Stolen Wages Painfully Slow, as California Employers Who Cheat Workers Often Get Away With It FairWarining Investigates

Efforts to Claw Back Stolen Wages Painfully Slow, as California Employers Who Cheat Workers Often Get Away With It

By Eli Wolfe on October 10, 2019

Despite aggressive enforcement of wage laws by the California Labor Commissioner’s office, some workers wait years for back pay, if they get any at all.

Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged California, Government accountability, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Julie Su, Labor Commissioner, Labor Department, labor laws, Lilia Garcia-Brower, Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, NELP, Tia Koonse, wage theft, wage violations, wages, Workplace, XPO | Leave a comment

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