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The Los Angeles Times reports on a study by the workplace justice lab@RU, which finds that minimum wage violations are hurting some of California’s lowest-paid workers.
Newsweek reports on minimum wage violations in California, citing a study by the workplace justice lab@RU and quoting Jake Barnes, Janice Fine, and Daniel Galvin.
SF Gate covers a study by the workplace justice lab@RU, quoting Janice Fine. The research finds that minimum wage violations are especially impactful in the Bay Area.
KTLA reports on a workplace justice lab@RU study that finds more Californians are losing wages—and it could soon be harder to recover them. Janice Fine is quoted.
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A new study by the Workplace Justice Lab@Rutgers University finds that violations have more than doubled in the state’s major metropolitan areas over the last decade.
Hoodline reports on a landmark wage theft ruling against two construction companies in the Pacific Northwest, quoting Janice Fine of the workplace justice lab@RU.