California Department of Labor Standards Ratchets Up Enforcement Activity

The California DLSE has been busy!  Following the May release of A Report on the State of The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement  by Labor Commissioner, Julie A. Su, the DLSE issued a press release highlighting “record-breaking results for labor law enforcement in California.”  The news is that, in 2012, the field investigators assessed 462% more in minimum wages and 642% more in overtime wages than the DLSE did in 2010 (the year before Governor Brown took office), and achieved “favorable resolutions” in over 95% of cases. 

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