South Bay leaders created a new team that will step up enforcement of wage theft laws at restaurants to protect employees.
"When wage theft occurs, this impacts the worker's ability to pay rent and can cause food insecurity for the family and ultimately lead to worker stress and anxiety," explained the manager of the team, Jessie Yu.
The new team has only operated for a few months, but they've already collected $50,000 in wages for employees. "We're now revisiting our plans to expand our program to all 15 cities in the country," Yu said."We're making this announcement now to allow businesses the opportunities to resolve their judgements before enforcement begins in October."
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