http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?page=1&branch=&source=LA&category=economy&art_id=6624192
https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2018/2018-82.pdf
LA지역 식당 3곳 종업원 임금착취 적발
[LA중앙일보] 발행 2018/10/09 경제 3면 기사입력 2018/10/08 17:24
임금 미지급 100만불 넘어
노동청 "지속적 단속할 것"
노동청 "지속적 단속할 것"
오렌지카운티 레지스터는 '노스할리우드의 사남루앙카페와 아케이디아의 오키드 타이 쿠진, 볼드윈파크의 오키드 타이 등 타이식당 3곳이 22명의 근로자에게 하루 10시간 이상 일을 시키고도 시간당 임금 5달러 미만을 제공했고 휴식시간도 제대로 주지 않아 적발됐다고 전했다.
사남루앙카페는 9명 종업원에게 70만8457달러 임금을 돌려주고 12만5250달러의 벌금을 지급하도록 조치됐다. 이 식당은 임금착취는 물론이고 식사 휴식시간조차 제대로 제공하지 않은 것으로 조사됐다. 가주노동청은 2017년 8월부터 사남루앙카페 클레임을 조사했으며, 업주가 근로자들에 매일 10~11.5시간 일을 하도록 하고 50달러의 임금을 제공한 것으로 밝혀졌다.
노스할리우드는 25인 이하 작업장의 경우 시간당 임금이 12달러인 곳이다. 10시간 근무할 경우, 하루 120달러는 받아야 한다. 오키드 타이쿠진과 오키드 타이도 하루 10시간 근무에 45~50달러만 제공하는 매장 운영을 했다. 이들 식당 업주는 종업원들에게 매장 오픈을 준비하고 근무시간 후에도 청소를 하도록 강요한 것으로 조사됐다.
아케이디아와 볼드윈파크도 노동법에 따라 25인 이하 작업장의 경우 시간당 12달러 임금을 줘야한다. 이에 따라, 오키드 타이쿠진은 11명 종업원의 밀린 임금 30만7133달러에 10만750달러의 벌금, 오키드 카이는 2명 종업원 밀린 임금 5만56달러에 벌금 3만5800달러를 지급하도록 명령받았다.
줄리 수 가주노동청장은 "식당은 물론이고 어느 업종의 고용주이든 노동법을 어겨가면서 수익을 챙기고 있지만 그에 상응하는 대가를 치르게 될 것"이라고 밝혔다.
California Restaurants Over $1 Million for Wage Theft
California Department of Industrial Relations , California Labor Commissioner’s Office
Oct 03, 2018, 15:58 ET
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Labor Commissioner's Office has cited three restaurants in Southern California $1,065,646 for wage theft violations owed to 22 workers. Most of the workers were paid less than $5 an hour and regularly worked more than 10 hours a day with no meal or rest breaks.
"These conditions—long hours with no breaks and subminimum wages—are classic examples of wage theft, and employers who make their profit by breaking the law will be held accountable," said Labor Commissioner Julie A Su.
- Sanamluang Cafe in North Hollywood was cited $833,707, with $708,457 payable to nine workers and $125,250 in civil penalties. Money due to the workers includes minimum and overtime wages, liquidated damages, waiting time penalties and meal and rest period premiums.
- Orchid Thai Cuisine in Arcadia was cited $407,883, with $307,133 payable to 11 workers and $100,750 in civil penalties. Money due to the workers includes minimum and overtime wages, split shift premiums, liquidated damages, waiting time penalties and meal and rest period premiums.
- Orchid Thai in Baldwin Park was cited $85,856, with $50,056 payable to two workers and $35,800 in civil penalties. Money due to workers includes minimum and overtime wages, split shift premiums, liquidated damages, waiting time penalties and rest period premiums.
The Labor Commissioner's Office launched the investigation at Sanamluang Cafe in August 2017. Workers were represented by the Thai Community Development Center and Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Investigators determined that owners Surapong and Viriya Chinotaikul paid their workers a flat rate of $50 for a 10 to 11.5 hour shift each day with no meal or rest breaks. Even after investigators met with the owners to address the violations, the employer failed to comply with labor laws. As a result, additional penalties were assessed to recover the underpayments through April 2018. Snamluang Thaifood, Inc. DBA Sanamluang Cafe and its owners Viriya Chinotaikul and Surapong Chinotaikul are jointly and severally liable for the citations levied.
The Labor Commissioner's Office launched an investigation last July into Orchid Thai and Orchid Thai Cuisine after receiving complaints from workers who had reported underpayment of wages to civil rights group Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles. Investigators discovered that both restaurants paid their workers a flat rate of $45 to $50 a day for shifts of up to 10 hours, ordered workers to prepare for the day and clean up afterwards off the clock and did not pay them split shift premiums as required by law.
Orchid Thai Cuisine and Orchid Thai restaurant are both owned by Chakri, Revedee, Chavin, Charlene and Chanica Veranunt, who formed separate corporations for each of the restaurants, CTV Food, Inc. for Orchid Thai Cuisine, and C.LO Foods, Inc. for Orchid Thai. The corporations and each individual owner are jointly and severally liable for the citations at the respective restaurants.
"Organizations like the Thai Community Development Center, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles play an important role in enforcement by helping workers come forward and tell their story," added Labor Commissioner Su. "We are grateful for their bringing these cases to our attention."
Enforcement investigations typically include a payroll audit of the previous three years to determine minimum wage, overtime and other labor law violations, and calculate payments owed and penalties due. Civil penalties collected are transferred to the State's General Fund as required by law.
When workers are paid less than minimum wage, they are entitled to liquidated damages that equal the amount of underpaid wages plus interest. Waiting time penalties are imposed when the employer intentionally fails to pay all wages due to the employee at the time of separation. This penalty is calculated by taking the employee's daily rate of pay and multiplying it by the number of days the employee was not paid, up to a maximum of 30 days.
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