{"id":254917,"date":"2021-09-30T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=254917"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T07:18:42","slug":"usa-california-governor-signs-new-legislation-regarding-wage-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/09\/30\/usa-california-governor-signs-new-legislation-regarding-wage-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"USA- California | Governor signs new legislation on wage theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The California\u2019s Governor has signed <em>Assembly Bill 1003, <\/em>concerning wage theft by employer, into law on September 28, 2021. The highlights of the new legislation are:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legislation creates a new offence for the intentional theft of wages by an employer, punishable as either a felony or a misdemeanor.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legislation creates a new type of grand theft for the intentional theft of wages in an amount greater than $950 from any one employee, or $2,350 in the aggregate from two or more employees by an employer in any consecutive 12-month period.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new legislation allows wages, tips, or other compensation that are the subject of a prosecution to be recovered as restitution.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The grand theft is punishable either as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in a county jail for up to 1 year or as a felony by imprisonment in county jail for 16 months or 2 or 3 years, by a specified fine, or by a fine and that imprisonment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California\u2019s Governor has signed Assembly Bill 1003, concerning wage theft by employer, into law on September 28, 2021. 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