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Senate committee advances bill letting state agencies suspend licenses when employers ignore wage‑theft judgments
Summary
The Senate committee advanced AB 485, which would allow state licensing agencies to deny or suspend licenses and permits for employers with final, unpaid wage‑theft judgments, giving labor advocates a new enforcement tool to recover stolen wages.
The Senate Labor Committee voted to advance AB 485, a bill designed to strengthen enforcement for unpaid wage judgments by allowing state agencies to deny or suspend specified licenses and permits for employers with final, unpaid wage‑theft judgments.
The bill follows local examples, including a program in Santa Clara County that suspended retail food health permits for employers with unpaid wage…
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