Complaint Filed Against Janitorial Services Contractor

California Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet has filed a complaint in San Diego County Superior Court charging that Tidy Building Services, Inc., based in New Orleans, illegally entered into contracts which failed to provide adequate funds to its San Diego County subcontractors, who then disregarded state tax and labor laws. The complaint alleges that Tidy Building Services, Inc.’s failure to provide adequate funding over the last three years led to multiple violations by subcontractors, some of whom are providing janitorial services throughout San Diego County. Among the reported violations are failure to pay and deduct required payments for social security, disability and Medicare, unemployment insurance taxes and employment training tax. In addition, the complaint charges that the lack of funding resulted in widespread workers’ compensation premium fraud, and deprived employees of employer contributions for their social security retirement/disability benefits. "As a result of these illegal contracts with subcontractors, employees have been deprived of their legal rights to social security and disability benefit credits," Bradstreet said. "We will not allow this and are seeking more than $1.8 million in damages on behalf of more than 100 employees, plus payment of civil penalties to the State."