LAAW Client Maria Arroyo Speaks with CBS News About the Real-World Impact of Lengthy Delays in the Labor Commissioner’s Wage Claim Process

With LAAW’s help, Maria Arroyo filed a wage theft claim with the California Labor Commissioner for $15,000 concerning her job at a Jack-In-The-Box in Oakland. After three and a half years, she still hasn't gotten a hearing or received a single penny, highlighting a wider issue on the extreme backlog of wage theft cases in the Labor Commissioner process.