#wage-theft

#wage-theft

A Back Bay restaurant, which recently celebrated a Michelin nod, is facing a class action lawsuit from one of its bartenders and two servers who claim the restaurant shorts the tip pool and pays tips out to ineligible employees, including managers and dishwashers. La Padrona, an Italian restaurant which opened last year with chef and Jody Adams at the helm, earned a recommendation from Michelin for its inaugural year in Boston and has previously been recognized by The New York Times.

City Council Member Shahana Hanif, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, Deputy Public Advocate for Education and Opportunity Elizabeth Kennedy, and the Workers' Justice Project stood alongside affected workers at a press conference on Dec. 2 outside Indian Spice on Seventh Avenue. They demanded that the restaurant's owner, Mariam Khandakar, finally comply with the order now that her appeal period ended on Nov. 24, making the ruling enforceable.

Santa Clara County officials announced Wednesday a sweeping civil enforcement action against a Milpitas-based home care business, alleging its owners perpetrated a complex scheme to exploit immigrant caregivers. At a Nov. 12 press conference in San José, LoPresti said the lawsuit sends a "clear and simple" message to employers. "We will hold accountable employers who seek to profit by violating the law and exploiting vulnerable immigrant workers," LoPresti said. "We will be sure that they face their day in court."

Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents, says Alam. It was incredibly hot, and the contractor kept yelling at us for not working longer or harder, threatening us by saying that he would kill us and no one would even know we had disappeared. But the bigger problem was that he was not paying us on time or in full.

Three employees of Bohemian Grove sued for violating California labor laws, claiming they worked near 100 hours weekly but were told to record only 40. Allegations include a lack of meal breaks and minimum wage violations.

We allege that these defendants operated a business that profited by systematically underpaying their employees, denying them basic protections, and exposing them to hazardous and degrading conditions. These serious charges send a strong message that this kind of exploitation will not be tolerated in Brooklyn, and we will continue to use every available tool to hold unscrupulous employers accountable and seek restitution for workers.

Total estimated wage theft among rideshare drivers far surpasses that of other crimes, illustrating a pervasive problem that remains largely unaddressed by law enforcement.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced charges against Hothead Grabba's owner and managers for allegedly cheating employees out of over $310,000 in wages.

"I (didn't) know where to go and who to ask (for help)," she told the San José Spotlight. "He (took) advantage of me."

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating Smokey Robinson after four former staffers accused him of sexual assault and wage theft.