Employer fined for hiring priest to make workers confess 'workplace sins'
California company must pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to 35 employees
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California company must pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to 35 employees
Owner and management of Taqueria Garibaldi faces penalties for owing back wages to employees and hiring a fake priest to get employees to confess to their "sins."
We've heard of employers who use surveillance and social media to monitor and micro-manage their employees, but this is a whole new level.
The owners of Taqueria Garibaldi hired a fake priest to hear confessions during work hours and “get the sins out.”
The operator of the restaurants in Sacramento and nearby Roseville was ordered to pay 35 staff $140,000 in back wages and damages.