Labor/Employment,
Government
Sep. 10, 2021
Employer wage theft criminal bill heads to governor
If signed, AB 1003 would make it a category of grand theft, a potential felony punishable by up to three years in prison. In order to be convicted, an employer would have to be found guilty of $950 withheld from one worker or $2,350 from two or more during a 12-month period.
A bill to criminally punish wage theft by employers is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
The Assembly approved AB 1003 by a 61-0 vote on Thursday, according to staff for the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego. The lawmakers needed to approve several amendments added by the Senate.
“Wage theft should be treated with the severity of any other type of theft, yet employers have long been ab...
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