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Board approves last-paycheck measure to speed wages to detained workers’ designees
Summary
The Board approved a motion to create a county pathway for final paychecks to be delivered more quickly to a worker’s designated recipient when the employee has been detained, deported or otherwise unreachable, while staff will perform outreach and report back on implementation.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 9 approved a motion directing staff to design procedures so workers who are detained or deported can have their final paychecks delivered promptly to a designated recipient instead of waiting for state unclaimed-funds processes.
Board members and county staff said the step was intended to help families who lose access to immediate wages after sudden workplace detentions. The motion—moved and seconded on the hearing floor and approved after public testimony—directs the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs and county counsel to develop a framework for employers to deliver a final paycheck to…
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