The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced in mid October that it issued 341 decisions in contested cases during from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012. The agency issued decisions in 277 unfair labor practice cases and 64 representation cases.
The NLRB also said it cut the median age of pending cases to 108 days from 219 days – a reduction of nearly 50 percent. All Board decisions can be found on the NLRB website. Some highlights of FY2012 case production follow:
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The state Labor Commissioner announced the creation of a Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU) to target employers who perpetrate “wage theft.”
Generally, “wage theft” is a phrase used to refer to infractions of the California Labor Code involving the payment of wages to workers. Wage theft might refer to employers who fail to pay for all hours worked, fail to pay nonexempt employees overtime, fail to pay minimum wage or fail to properly classify workers as employees and report them to the various state and federal agencies.
According to Labor Commissioner Julie Su, the new criminal unit “will be tasked with leveling the playing field for California employers by raising the stakes for those who underpay, underbid and under-report in violation of the law.”
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