Officials with California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (Labor Commissioner’s Office) have issued citations totaling over $269,000 in fines to agriculture businesses in a statewide two-day enforcement sweep as part of an ongoing effort to address illegal operations in the underground economy. Twenty-four teams of investigators conducted the two-day sweeps on Sept. 24-25. Out of 194 inspections, 35 agriculture businesses were cited.
Twenty-five agriculture businesses received stop work notices until they can provide workers’ compensation insurance for their employees. The violations included failure to:
- Provide work permits for minors;
- Failure to pay the minimum wage;
- Provide employees with an itemized wage deduction statement;
- Pay overtime wages;
- Pay the annual registration with the Commissioner’s Office and
- Provide workers’ comp.
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I thought it was only states like Arizona doing sweeps of businesses. Still, you have to have the required protection for your workers. I feel for businesses, which are under tremendous pressure to stay in business.
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