(BCN) – Nine Bay Area prosecutors will share $3.7 million in state grants to develop and implement wage theft enforcement programs, the state Department of Industrial Relations said Friday. The department said in a press release that the grants will enable prosecutors to address exploitative labor industry trends and obstacles workers confront in reporting violations. […]
A settlement has been reached just two days after district attorneys from 25 California counties filed a lawsuit against Tesla over allegations the automaker repeatedly mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities throughout the state. Tesla has agreed to pay $1.3 million in civil penalties and $200,000 to reimburse the costs of the investigation, according to a press release from the Office of the District Attorney in San Francisco. Tesla is also under a detailed injunction for five years, which requires training employees and hiring a third party to conduct annual waste audits of its trash containers at 10% of its facilities.
The California Supreme Court issued several important decisions in 2023 about issues such as COVID-19 take-home exposure and arbitrating Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claims..
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