California's Worst Wage Theft Offender Still In Business

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California's Worst Wage Theft Offender Still In Business

FromKQED's The California Report

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Mar 18, 2024

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Not paying someone for a job they did is illegal. It’s called wage theft. But a KQED investigation found California regulators have failed to force the worst offender they cited in the state, to pay more than a tiny fraction of the millions of dollars in wages that he owes.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

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Mar 18, 2024

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