• Facebook
  • Google Plus
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • Twitter

Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Staff
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Header image

MyNewsLA.comLogo

Breaking news for greater Los Angeles and Orange County

Menu

Skip to content
  • Crime
  • Government
  • Business
  • Education
  • Hollywood
  • Life
  • OC
  • Riverside
  • Weather
  • Equality California Selects Tony Hoang to Serve as Next Executive Director
  • Jamie Foxx-Starring Comedy Series Premieres Wednesday on Netflix
  • Man Pleads Not Guilty in 2019 Eagle Rock Brush Fire
  • Pasadena PD Release Suspect Description, Photo of Car in Double Homicide
  • Southbound Highway 62 Closed at Dillon Road Due to Big Rig Crash

Home » Crime » This Article

Fullerton-Based Contractor Fined $1.9 Million for Wage Theft

Posted by Contributing Editor on July 24, 2018 in Crime | Leave a response
Share this article:
Facebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail

The state Labor Commissioner’s Office issued wage theft citations of $1.9 million to Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc. for failing to properly compensate 472 workers on 26 construction projects throughout Southern California, it was announced Tuesday.

An investigation determined that none of the workers were provided rest periods as required by law, 289 workers were not paid for overtime and 28 workers were paid less than minimum wage, according to labor regulators.

The Fullerton-based contractor provided drywall work at hotel, recreation center and casino projects in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties from August 2014 to June 2016. According to Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su, workers performing taping and drywall installation were paid a daily rate that did not properly compensate them for overtime hours. Workers were allowed a 30-minute meal period but did not receive rest breaks, she said.

“In construction, unscrupulous contractors attempt to obscure their wage theft by paying workers a flat rate rather than for all hours worked,” Su said. “But a daily or other flat rate system does not take the place of minimum wage and overtime obligations.”

The $1.9 million citation penalty amount includes $1.8 million payable to the workers and $72,400 in civil penalties. Of the total due to workers, $798,664 is for rest period violations, $386,685 for unpaid overtime and $692,500 for wage statement violations, according to Su’s office.

The 28 workers shorted on minimum wage pay are owed a total of $14,431 for unpaid wages, liquidated damages and waiting time penalties, according to Su.

Fullerton-Based Contractor Fined $1.9 Million for Wage Theft was last modified: July 24th, 2018 by Contributing Editor

>> Want to read more stories like this? Get our Free Daily Newsletters Here!

Follow us:
Facebooktwitterrss
Posted in Crime | Tagged $1.9, contractor, fined, Fullerton-Based, Million, theft, wage

Advertisement

Get The Latest News by Email!

Sign up here for our free newsletters. We’ll send you the latest headlines every morning and every weekday afternoon.

 
FORECAST FOR LOS ANGELES
46°
Clear
Feels like: 46°F
Wind: 3mph E
Humidity: 65%
Pressure: 29.82"Hg
UV index: 0
ThuFriSat
66/50°F
75/48°F
70/48°F
Weather forecast Los Angeles, California ▸

Most Popular Today

  • Mom, Dad Battle Over Handgun As Two Horrified Pomona Kids Watch: She’s Killed, He Gets Murder Charge 3,200 views
  • Three Little Kids Watch In Horror As Mobile Home Daddy Murders Mom In Riverside Before Killing Himself 2,800 views
  • ‘Small, Defenseless’ Bloody Chihuahua Stabbed To Death, Tossed Over Thousand Palms Fence: ‘Horrible Harm’ Suspect 1,800 views
  • National Guard Ready If George Floyd Murder Verdict Protests Turn Violent In LA: LAPD, Sheriff On Board 1,800 views
  • Woman Found Dead in South L.A. Area; Investigation Underway 1,600 views

©2021 CalNews Inc.

Menu

  • About
  • Staff
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service