Around 14,000 SF workers experience wage theft annually, prompting Supervisor Hillary Ronen to propose a $500,000 fund to assist these affected individuals.
This fund, called the Worker Justice Fund, prioritizes workers with wage-theft rulings who haven't been compensated due to employer bankruptcies or evasions.
Ronen emphasized that these workers, victims of crime, deserve restitution similarly to other crime victims, highlighting a significant gap in the system.
The fund, to be administered by the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, would be funded through penalties collected and unclaimed money from existing workers' compensation.
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