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Emylene Aspilla, left, Director of Workplace and Employment Standards, Yulisa Elena, East Bay and North Bay Vice-president at UNITE-HERE Local 2, Matthew Berens, Senior Compliance Officer at DWES, and Isaiah Toney, Deputy Director of Campaigns at East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, speak during a press conference regarding an investigation into workers wage theft in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. 128 workers employed at the Radisson Hotel near the Oakland Airport will earn back more than $400,000 according to the DWES and the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Staff who declined their employer’s health insurance were entitled to earn at least $20 per hour, but were instead illegally paid a $15 hourly rate.
Originally published at Katie Lauer