Last fall, the city's Department of Workforce and Employment Standards found the Edes Avenue hotel owed more than $400,000 in back pay to housekeepers, front desk staff and other employees who were almost all laid off when the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
We sat down for a conversation with Emylene Aspilla, who leads the city’s efforts to ensure employers are paying fair wages and following other labor laws.
The Radisson Hotel near the Oakland Coliseum, failed to pay 128 workers more than $404,000 between July 2019 and April 2020 a violation of the city's voter-approved Measure Z.
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