Ahead of Labor Day, Los Angeles City Council members Friday introduced a package of motions designed to combat what they describe as a 'pressing problem of wage theft in the city.'
Ahead of Labor Day, Los Angeles City Council members Friday introduced a package of motions designed to combat what they describe as a"pressing problem of wage theft in the city."
"As the City Council continues to work hard to address the systemic, challenging issues that make Los Angeles the homeless capital of the U.S., unfortunately Los Angeles has also been the wage theft capital of the nation, with low-income workers and others suffering disproportionately," Gudino said.McOsker said they first introduced a motion in August, intended to identify resources and staffing needs for the city attorney's office to better prosecute cases of wage theft.
The second motion asks the Office of Wage Standards and the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department to report back on how they can better collaborate so that no matter where workers report wage theft, they can get help. To offer support for those particularly impacted groups, the councilmen will introduce a pair of resolutions supporting federal legislation.
Soto-Martínez reiterated that $1.4 billion are lost every single year because people are mistreated -- those who are cooks, dishwashers, housekeepers, many who are immigrants and women of color.
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