A study by researchers at Harvard and UC San Francisco found that 91% of California service sector workers surveyed experienced at least one labor violation in the last year.
Although California has some of the toughest labor laws in the country, a new study has found workers routinely suffer violations while on the job. A team of researchers from UC San Francisco and Harvard University earlier this year surveyed 980 California workers at dozens of the state's largest retail, food and other service sector companies. The workers reported frequent abuses over pay, work schedules and other issues.
'This is not to say that the laws are ineffective, but that their full promise isn't realized when they are being violated so routinely,' Schneider said. 'We need a robust system of enforcement to ensure these labor laws are being enforced and complied with.
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