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California Department of Insurance
May 12, 2011, Insurance Commissioner Jones Announces Arrest of Business Owner for 46 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that Emmett Timothy Kennedy III, 47, of Los Angeles was arrested as he appeared in the Los Angeles Superior Court to face 46 counts of insurance fraud and four counts of violating the Unemployment Insurance Code, all of which are felonies.Download pdf
California Department of Insurance
April 15, 2011, Insurance Commissioner Jones Announces Arrest of Bay Area Business Owner for Insurance Fraud
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that Teresa Reif, 31, was arrested in San Mateo County after surrendering to the Redwood City Police Department on multiple counts of suspected workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud. Download pdf
California Department of Industrial Relations
September 1, 2010, CA Labor Commissioner Wins Historic Settlement for Better Treatment of Janitors
State Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet won an historic settlement in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday with a janitorial service company that mandates the company follow new rules when it comes to its employees and subcontractors. Download pdf
Office of the District Attorney Sacramento County, Jan Scully District Attorney
May 3, 2010, Raley’s Grocery Stores
Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully, along with the District Attorneys of San Joaquin, Amador, Yolo, Monterey and Placer counties announced today the settlement of an Unlawful Business Practices case against Raley’s grocery stores for illegal practices in handling Workers’ Compensation Insurance claims by injured Raley’s employees. Download pdf
California Department of Industrial Relations
February 9, 2010, CA Labor Commissioner Reaches Landmark Settlement Against Janitorial Company
Tidy Building Services Inc., based in New Orleans, has agreed to pay the State of California $100,000 on behalf of employees who worked in janitorial services in San Diego County and the Los Angeles area. Download pdf
The Sturdevant Law Firm
June 29, 2009, Class Action Suit Filed Against Jani-King for Illegal Practices Towards its California “Franchisees”
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Superior Court of California in Alameda County against Jani-King, a multinational commercial cleaning company based in Texas with regional offices throughout California. Download pdf
California Department of Industrial Relations
April 17, 2009, CA Labor Commission and State Attorney General Win $13 Million Judgment Against Janitorial Companies
California Labor Commission Angela Bradstreet and Attorney General Edmund G. Brown have prevailed with a judgment totaling $13,640,819 against janitorial companies Excell Cleaning and Building Services Inc., a Delaware Corporation and M.O. Restaurant Cleaning of California Inc., a California Corporation. Download pdf
California Department of Insurance
April 15, 2009, Commissioner Poizner Announces Arrest of Los Angeles Area Duo in $6.3 Million Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud Scheme
Insurance Commissioner Poizner announced today that Andrew Kim (aka Sung Young Kim), 43, and Chan Hee Yang (aka Chan Hee Ko), 61, were arrested by the CA Department of Insurance on multiple counts of insurance premium fraud and conspiracy connected to Bell Building Maintenance Company-a janitorial business based in Sherman Oaks. The alleged fraud amounts to more than $6.3 million dollars. Download pdf
Media Advisory
January 12, 2009, CA State Labor Commission Sues Cleaning Company for More Than $7 Million
The California Labor Commission announced that it has filed suit against Corporate Building Services and its subcontractors for roughly $7.4 million in damages to janitors. Download pdf
California Department of Industrial Relations
March 3, 2008, CA Labor Commissioner Files Complaint Against Janitorial Services Contractor
California Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet today filed a complaint in San Diego County Superior Court charging that Tidy Building Services Inc, based in New Orleans, illegally entered into contracts which failed to provide adequate funds to its San Diego County subcontractors, who then disregarded state tax and labor laws. Download pdf
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2008, Speaking Up for Exploited Workers
Lilia Garcia and her squad of investigators make sure janitorial services operating outside the law pay. Download pdf
Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
December 20, 2007, Cheesecake Factory, Yard House and Elephant Bar Janitorial Contractors Sued by Labor Commissioner for Not Paying Workers
The State Labor Commissioner and Attorney General is suing two janitorial contractors who failed to pay workers legally mandated wages.
Excell Cleaning and Building Services and Mo’s Restaurant Cleaning Services, both Houston based companies, had contracts to clean Cheesecake Factory, Yard House and Elephant Bar restaurants throughout California. Download pdf
New York Times
July 13, 2005, Among Janitors, Labor Violations Go With the Job
The nation’s 2.3 million janitors, employed in an industry in which violations of wage laws and other laws are all too common, say workers, immigrants’ advocates and even cleaning company executives. Download pdf
New York Times
July 13, 2005, Lawsuits Charge Fraud in Cleaning Business
João Padilha had been saving money from his work as a restaurant deliveryman when he heard a tantalizing offer to buy a cleaning franchise. Download pdf
New York Times
December 7, 2004, 3 Chains Agree in Suit Over Janitors’ Wages and Hours
3 of the largest supermarket chains in California have reached a tentative $22.4 million settlement in a class-action suit by immigrant janitors who said they often earned $3.50 an hour and were never paid overtime, the two sides said yesterday. Download pdf
Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
December 6, 2004, Vons, Albertsons, Safeway and Ralph’s to Pay $22.4 Million to Thousands of Janitors in Class Action Lawsuit
The final step in a five-year courtroom battle between 2000 janitors and California supermarket giants will end today as the courts decide whether to approve a $22.4 million class action settlement. Download pdf
NPR
September 5, 2004: Plight of underpaid and overworked janitorial workers
Last week, the US Labor Department reached a settlement with a cleaning contractor accused of exploiting janitors at Target stores…Honest contractors worried about unfair competition are trying to weed out those who break the law. Download pdf
Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
August 26, 2004: Department of Labor Orders Janitorial Firm to Pay $1.9 Million in Back Wages – Contractor Makes Unusual Commitment to Reform Business Practices
Retail giant Target Corp.’s primary janitorial subcontractor was ordered to pay $1.9 million in back wages to nearly 800 janitors Tuesday.
“Finally we will be paid for the overtime hours we worked, but for me it is more important that the stores understand that we too are people, like their employees,” said Global janitor Arturo Gonzalez, who cleaned several Target stores. Download pdf
New York Times
August 26, 2004: U.S. Wins Back Pay For Janitors
The US Dept of Labor reached a $1.9 million settlement with a contractor for the Target Corporation after finding that the contractor had not paid overtime to hundreds of immigrant janitors who often worked seven nights a week. Download pdf
San Diego Union Tribune
Jan 28, 2004: Watchdog group helps keep janitorial contractors clean
When a Vons cleaning contractor vanished last year without paying dozens of immigrant janitors, a watchdog group funded by other cleaning contractors stepped forward and helped the janitors file claims with the California Labor Commission. Download pdf
