Laundromat Worker Sues for Wage Violations

Worker labored over 12 hour days for $2 an hour

A former solo laundromat attendant in Oakland is suing her employer, claiming gross violations of minimum wage and overtime laws. The plaintiff claims that she frequently worked over 12 hours a day for six and sometimes seven days in a row for as little as $2 an hour. “If proven, this would fall under the very definition of ‘wage theft’,” said Charlotte Noss, Skadden Fellow at The Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center. “We would have an unscrupulous employer taking advantage of a hard working employee and paying her next to nothing—with no regard to state or federal labor laws whatsoever.”

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