Litigation
Mar. 24, 2012
Workers seek backpay in an unpredictable state system
Long delays and inconsistencies plague the hearings at the state's Division Labor Standards Enforcement, according to data obtained through a Public Records Act request and interviews with lawyers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When lawmakers created a system nearly four decades ago that allows California workers to recover unpaid wages from their employers, they designed it to provide quick and equitable outcomes for employment disputes. But new data suggests the system is not working as intended.
Long delays and inconsistencies plague the program under the state's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, according to d...
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