Airport Caterer Fined $1.2M for Not Rehiring Laid Off Workers

A California airport catering company has been cited for more than $1.2 million for failing to timely rehire employees who had been laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic once the caterer increased its business operations, the state’s Department of Industrial Relations said Thursday.

California DIR inspectors found that Flying Food Group LLC violated the state’s Right to Recall law after allegedly declining to offer laid off employees the opportunity to return to their jobs due to seniority.

The impacted employees included 18 workers at the caterer’s Los Angeles International Airport site and three employees at its San Francisco International ...