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Committee advances reform to encourage employer participation in wage-claim process
Summary
AB 1234 would allow the labor commissioner to enter default judgments and add administrative penalties when employers fail to participate in wage-claim proceedings, a response to long delays and a backlog of unpaid-wage claims.
Assemblymember Ortega presented AB 1234, a bill the author said is designed to speed the Labor Commissioner's wage-claim process and deter employers who ignore claims. Ortega said wage claims take more than two years on average even though statute envisions a faster process; a backlog of tens of thousands of claims causes severe hardship for workers, one witness…
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