In a move to protect workers’ pocketbooks, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, successfully passed AB 2135 past its first hurdle—passing out of the Labor Committee. AB 2135 aims to bolster employees’ rights to seek justice for wage theft by extending the statute of limitations for investigations and ensuring cases aren’t closed simply because the state Labor Commission is unable to complete ...

The owners of the Hilton Garden Inn Valencia have agreed to pay over $10,000 in back wages and $100,000 in fines resulting from violations of Los Angeles County’s minimum wage ordinance, officials said Monday. The agreement comes after an investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs’ Wage Enforcement Program revealed the hotel had reportedly underpaid ...