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A Torrance car wash was fined $800, dollars for wage theft violations affecting 35 employees, including minimum wage, overtime and contract wage violations, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office reported Wednesday.
An investigation of Torrance Carwash Inc., known as Torrance Car Wash, discovered that some of its employees worked longer of 80 hours per pay period, but received compensation for 80 hours, no matter how many hours they had worked.
Other employees who arrived at work on time were made to wait before dialing and did not they were paid for said time, according to the commissioner’s office.
The c Commissioner of Labor, Lilia García-Brower, said that the owners of the business had violated labor laws to avoid paying the wages that were owed to the workers, in addition to refusing to cooperate with the investigation of state authorities by withholding documentation during the inspection.
The office said the investigation was launched after they received a Clean Car Wash Campaign reference.
Investigators attempted to conduct an inspection on March 4, 2018, but were not allowed access to review the records despite having an inspection order signed by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, requiring access to company payroll records and employee-related documents.
The following week, the inspections are re at the scene, with additional arrest warrants.
An audit of payroll records from April 9, 2018 to March 7, 2021 found that the employer did not pay the workers for all working hours, did not cover payment for waiting times and did not provide the breaks required to eat and rest.
The citations, penalties and interest issued added up to $815,746 dollars, of which $768,061 dollars are paid to workers for minimum wages and unpaid overtime, liquidated damages, waiting time penalties, meal and rest break premiums, penalties for employer failure to pay workers with itemized wage statements, unpaid contract wages, and interest due. accumulated.
The citations issued for manager Jesús Hernández and owners Susan Amini and Reza Albolahrar include civil fines for $061,250 dollars for failing to cover minimum wages, overtime, meal and rest premiums, and failing to issue properly itemized wage statements.
In 2018, some employees expressed concern about receiving wages less than the state minimum wage and for working more than 40 hours no overtime pay.
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