Three California grocery stores cited for not providing employees with paid COVID-19 sick leave
By Amorette Marcus
LOS ANGELES - The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited three El Super grocery stores for a total of more than $447,000 after they allegedly failed to provide paid sick leave to 95 employees affected by COVID-19, officials announced Tuesday.
Employees complained that they were told to come to work until they received their test results regardless of whether or not they were experiencing symptoms or were directly exposed to someone who already tested positive for the virus, according to the California Labor Commissioner. Workers also reportedly claimed they were told to apply for unemployment while quarantining.
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A 7-year-old boy was killed and three others seriously injured in a residential structure fire in Joshua Tree on Thursday, officials said.
The fire broke out at 12:17 p.m. in a home in the 62200 block of Crestview Drive, officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff s Department reported on Facebook on Friday.
The other victims were an 8-year-old girl and two women ages 33 and 67, officials said.
The four residents of the home were found and pulled from the fire by citizens and San Bernardino County fire personnel before the deputies arrived, officials said.
All four were taken to an area hospital where the 7-year-old was pronounced dead, officials said.
Will Californiaâs Julie Su Be Bidenâs Labor Secretary?
If he appoints her, sheâd be the 21st-century Frances Perkins.
California Labor Secretary Julie Su in April 2019
President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on the most ambitious pro-union platform since Franklin Roosevelt. Labor activists hope that heâll also pick the most pro-worker secretary of labor since FDR selected Frances Perkins for the job.
The one leading candidate who best fits that description is California Labor Secretary Julie Su, whose candidacy is being avidly promoted by the stateâs labor and immigrant rights activists. Like Perkins, Su became an acclaimed public figure as an advocate for immigrant sweatshop workers and has spent her career fighting for workersâ rights and a fair economy. And like Perkins, Su has been witness to an almost unfathomable outrage inflicted on workers.
Riverside County health officials on Tuesday reported an additional 974 coronavirus cases and 42 new virus-related deaths since Monday.
The county has confirmed 120,665 coronavirus cases and 1,628 virus-related deaths since the pandemic began, according to its COVID-19 dashboard.
Last week, Riverside County became the 11th county in the U.S. to exceed 100,000 coronavirus cases, according to data compiled by county officials and Johns Hopkins University.
Home to about 2.5 million people, Riverside County is California s fourth most-populous county. It continues to record the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state, behind San Bernardino (the second-highest) and Los Angeles counties. Los Angeles County, the nation s most populous, also leads counties across the U.S. with more than 525,000 cases reported within its borders, according to Johns Hopkins.