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Wage Theft

City Attorney and OLSE secure $2.2 million settlement benefitting last-mile delivery drivers

May 12, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Agreements require 15 Amazon Delivery Service Partners to pay back workers for violating local health care requirements

Categories Healthy San Francisco, News, Wage Theft

City Attorney Chiu sues last mile delivery company for misclassifying drivers

April 21, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
As last mile delivery industry flourishes, new lawsuit alleges GoShare violates fair chance hiring laws and exploits workers by illegally denying protections, wages, and benefits

Categories News, Wage Theft

Chiu secures third judgment against staffing company misclassifying its workers

January 28, 2025January 17, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Agreement requires temporary staffing company to pay back thousands of California workers and reclassify them as employees

Categories News, Wage Theft

Chiu secures $1 million settlement for workers misclassified by WorkWhile

January 28, 2025December 17, 2024 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Agreement requires gig company to pay back thousands of California workers for stolen wages and reclassify these workers as employees

Categories News, Wage Theft

City Attorney Chiu sues staffing company for misclassifying workers

January 28, 2025June 14, 2024 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Lawsuit alleges WorkWhile exploits workers by illegally denying protections, wages, and benefits guaranteed under law

Categories News, Wage Theft

Chiu secures $2.1 million deal requiring gig economy company to reclassify workers as employees

January 28, 2025February 22, 2024 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
First-of-its-kind agreement combats the trend of employee misclassification in the hospitality industry and provides significant restitution for workers

Categories News, Wage Theft

Court of Appeal unanimously denies Uber and Lyft attempt to evade driver misclassification suit

January 28, 2025October 2, 2023 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Uber and Lyft unsuccessfully argued that individual driver arbitration agreements should prevent governments from seeking relief for illegal worker misclassification

Categories News, Uber and Lyft, Wage Theft

City Attorney Chiu sues Qwick for misclassifying hospitality workers

January 28, 2025August 31, 2023 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
In advance of Labor Day, City Attorney continues tradition of fighting misclassification that harms workers and exacerbates inequality

Categories News, Wage Theft

San Francisco secures over $5 million settlement for Instacart workers

January 28, 2025January 12, 2023 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Agreement will benefit over 5,000 Instacart workers

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News, Wage Theft

San Francisco secures over $5 million settlement for DoorDash workers

January 9, 2024November 22, 2021 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Agreement will benefit nearly 4,500 DoorDash workers and represents the largest settlement in the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement’s history

Categories Defending Voters' Will, News, Wage Theft

Statement from City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Court of Appeal ruling against Uber and Lyft

January 28, 2025October 22, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Unanimous decision upholds preliminary injunction to require Uber and Lyft to properly classify their drivers as employees

Categories News, Uber and Lyft, Wage Theft

Herrera hails sweeping victory for drivers and public over Uber and Lyft

January 28, 2025August 10, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
State court grants preliminary injunction to require Uber and Lyft to properly classify their drivers as employees

Categories News, Uber and Lyft, Wage Theft

San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and State Attorney General to seek court order to immediately halt worker misclassification by Uber and Lyft

January 28, 2025June 24, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Misclassification by Uber and Lyft robs workers of critical protections and results in tens of millions in tax avoidance each year

Categories News, Uber and Lyft, Wage Theft

San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego partner with State Attorney General to sue Uber and Lyft alleging worker misclassification

January 28, 2025May 5, 2020 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
“These companies are headquartered in San Francisco. We are going to police our own to ensure the law is followed, workers are protected, and the marketplace is fair.”

Categories Major Case, News, Uber and Lyft, Wage Theft

Herrera secures settlement with Chipotle for $95,000 to employees owed paid sick leave

September 14, 2016September 13, 2016 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said that the effects of a Dec. 21, 2015 ruling on officer texting "are worse than many realize."
The voluntary settlement agreement avoids litigation and ensures employees’ rights under the Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

Categories News, Wage Theft

Cheated janitors to receive $1.34 million in restitution in healthcare benefits settlement

July 23, 2015July 7, 2014 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Herrera negotiates agreement ending legal appeal; affirming administrative order and S.F. Superior Court ruling to benefit 275 current and former workers

Categories Healthy San Francisco, News, Wage Theft Tags GMG Janitorial

Herrera, La Raza seek to recover $3 million for workers of Tower Car Wash for wage theft

September 24, 2015August 17, 2011 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Employees are required to endure hours of unpaid waiting during scheduled shifts-losing wages, overtime pay, other labor rights

Categories News, Wage Theft Tags Tower Car Wash, Wage Theft

Wage theft lawsuit seeks to recover $440K in back pay, interest for cheated workers

September 24, 2015July 12, 2011 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Dick Lee Pastry paid well below minimum wage, demanded long hours with no overtime, falsified payroll records, retaliated against workers

Categories News, Wage Theft Tags Dick Lee Pastry, Wage Theft

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