As if California employers were not already besieged with wage-hour class actions and agency complaints, the state’s controller has now decided to get in on the action.
As The Los Angeles Times reported last week, Controller John Chiang has initiated a new program he calls “Operation Pay-Up” to recover unpaid wages. The article may be found here.
In short, the Controller is using California’s Unclaimed Property Law to attempt to gain restitution of wages believed to be withheld from employees. Any recovered wages that are unclaimed will be transferred to the state treasury ...
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