Department of Labor investigation finds garment contractors engage in wage theft and sometimes pay workers off the books.
Southern California workers who make garments for many of the nation’s leading fashion retailers remain victims of wage theft and illegal pay practices, with some earning as little as $1.58 per hour, according to a new U.S. Department of Labor report.
“Despite our efforts to hold Southern California’s garment industry employers accountable, we continue to see people who make clothes sold by some of the nation’s leading retailers working in sweatshops,” Wage and Hour Regional Administrator Ruben Rosalez said in a statement. Although California law requires that garment workers be paid an hourly rate that is not less than the minimum wage, the survey found, in a particularly egregious case, a contractor working for Nordstrom and Stitch Fix paid employees $1.58 an hour, Michael Eastwood, director of enforcement for the Wage and Hour Division’s Western Region, said Tuesday, March 28.
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