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The California Labor Commissioner has fined a McDonald’s franchisee for firing four employees who participated in strikes to protest coronavirus safety conditions in their Los Angeles workplace.
R&B Sanchez, which operates a McDonald’s on 1716 Marengo St. in Boyle Heights, was fined Friday more than $125,900 in lost wages and retaliation penalties and ordered to offer the workers their jobs back. The franchisee may appeal.
“Too many workers fear retaliation if they report a problem or stand up for their rights,” said Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower in a statement Wednesday. “California law has anti-retaliation protections in place that make it illegal for employers to punish workers for exercising their labor rights, such as reporting a workplace safety hazard”
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A former Vista wholesale bakery, along with its lender and others, is being cited by the state for failing to pay back wages and related penalties totaling nearly $1.3 million for 189 employees who lost their jobs more than two years ago when the business closed.
The California Labor Commissioner announced this week that it had not only issued citations but also sued a number of entities, including the former Baked in the Sun wholesale bakery, which shuttered in late 2018 after two decades of providing baked goods to coffee houses, hotels, hospitals and schools throughout Southern California. At the time it closed, its customers included Whole Foods Market, Costco Wholesale and Sprouts Farmers Market, according to its website at the time.
State Labor Commissioner: Wages owed to workers at shuttered Vista bakery
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VISTA The California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced today it is taking action to recover nearly $1.3 million in wages owed to 189 workers of a Vista wholesale bakery that shut its doors in December 2018.
Citations were issued last month against Baked in the Sun for allegedly closing without paying employees for their last two weeks of work or any accrued vacation wages.
Soon after it closed, creditors took possession of the bakery’s assets except for accounts receivable and sold the property to new owners, according to the Labor Commissioner’s Office, which said it became aware of the situation after 70 of the workers filed wage claims.
California Labor Commissioner cites Vista-based bakery for nearly $1.3 million in unpaid wages
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VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) The California Labor Commissioner has filed a lawsuit and issued citations against a Vista-based bakery that reportedly owes nearly 200 employees unpaid wages and damages.
According to the office, Baked in the Sun, Inc. owes 189 employees nearly $1.3 million.
The figure includes $216,045 in minimum and contract wages, $20,855 in overtime wages, $58,716 in vacation wages, $190,704 in liquidated damages and $800,981 in waiting time penalties.
The commissioner says the business informed employees of layoffs in November of 2018 before closing its doors the following month.