JANITORS TO GET BACK PAY COMPANY WILL GIVE WORKERS $1.9 MILLION.Byline: Eugene Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. Tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer NEWHALL - A local janitorial service agreed to pay $1.9 million in back wages to 775 employees who may have been shorted overtime pay, state and federal labor regulators investigating the firm said Wednesday. Newhall-based Global Building Services, which provides janitorial services to 135 Target stores in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , including the Valencia store, paid its workers a fixed amount, usually in cash, for all hours worked, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the state Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Labor. The workers - most of whom are Latino - typically worked at least eight hours a day, six or seven days a week. ``This case demonstrates the state's renewed commitment to joint labor law labor law, legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. enforcement in low-wage industries,'' said Jose Millan, deputy secretary for enforcement at the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. ``Janitorial and other workers can be confident we are taking action to enforce the law and ensure they receive the pay they earn.'' California law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
The settlement compensates Global employees for work performed prior to Feb. 11, 2003. Global Building Services, which also operates in Arizona Arizona (âr'əzō`nə), state in the southwestern United States. It is bordered by Utah (N), New Mexico (E), Mexico (S), and, across the Colorado R., Nevada and California (W). , Nevada and Texas, said it learned of the investigation in late 2002 and has ``cooperated fully'' with authorities to change its pay practices. ``We are pleased that we were able to reach an agreement with the Department of Labor to compensate our employees,'' the company said in a statement Wednesday. ``The company is fully compliant, and we look forward to focusing on serving the needs of our retail customers. We feel this is all behind us now.'' The investigation began in late 2002, after a union tipped off federal labor regulators, which also handled settlement negotiations, said Dean Fryer, a state Division of Labor spokesman. ``They took the lead on the settlement because it involved several states,'' he said. ``It's quite an involved process.'' The terms of the settlement are outlined in a consent judgment filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court of Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
Officials with Minneapolis, Minn.,-based Target Corp. could not be reached for comment. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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