SF News Supervisor Ronen Proposes City Fund to Pay Workers Ripped Off by Wage Theft Around 14,000 SF workers get stiffed by wage theft every year. Supervisor Hillary Ronen just introduced one of her last proposals before she leaves office, which would be a $500,000-a-year fund to pay workers who never got paid by their employers.
SF News Owner of East Bay Popeyes Who Allegedly Hired a 13-Year-Old Fined For Child Labor Violations and Wage Theft The owners of a Popeyes franchisee, which ran three fast food restaurants in Oakland, Tracy, and Newark, had to pay $212K after a federal investigation revealed numerous labor law offences.
SF News SF-Founded Sex Cult-y Group OneTaste Has Founder, Top Executive Indicted For Forced Labor, Sex Traffic The once-popular, pricey “orgasm workshop” OneTaste is now defunct, but its founder and a top executive were indicted Tuesday for forced labor conspiracy and forcing people to perform non-consensual sex acts.
SF News New Owners of the Former Sir Francis Drake Sued Over $730,000 In Unpaid Wages The Sir Francis Drake hotel renovated and reopened as the Beacon Grand last year, but the California Labor Commissioner alleges they stiffed workers to the tune of $730,000 during that renovation.
SF News SF Burger King Employees Win $2.2 Million In Three-Year Old Wage Theft Case Ch’King! More than 200 Burger King workers are entitled to a whopping $2.2 million in unpaid back wages after winning an appeal to the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, and the Burger King franchise operator would have saved $370,000 had they just not appealed the case.
