SACRAMENTO – Norcal Floor Services, Inc., a North Highlands based janitorial service that had contracts with several area markets, has been hit with citations totaling $459,573 for wage theft. Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su issued the citations after a nearly two-year investigation and audit of the company that alleges they paid 12 workers, many of them recent immigrants from El Salvador, an average wage of $7.53 per hour. California’s minimum wage ranged from $8 to $9 per hour during that period.

The investigation and audit alleges that managers threatened to fire workers who complained about working up to seven days in a row every week, for up to 9 hours a day, without breaks of any kind.

A few of the janitors contacted the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF), a janitorial watchdog organization, about the workplace abuses. MCTF helped them file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner’s Office.

The citations against Norcal Floor Services include $456,073 for unpaid minimum wages and overtime, liquidated damages and rest and meal period premiums. The Labor Commissioner also assessed $3,500 in penalties for violating overtime, minimum wage, rest and meal period requirements, and for failing to provide itemized wage statements. The janitors’ payments range from $560 to $81,915, based on the amount of time worked during the investigation period.

More at source: CVBJ

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