Senior living company, CEO on hook for $709,000 in wage law violations and penalties
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2019
A California senior living company and its former CEO are jointly liable for almost $709,000 in underpaid minimum wage, overtime and contract wages to 48 workers as well as other expenses and penalties,...
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Senior living operator ordered to pay $8.5 million for ‘systemic, egregious’ wage theft violations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2021
The owner of six California residential care facilities for the elderly must pay $8.5 million in citations over “systemic and egregious” wage theft violations after the state upheld an earlier finding.
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