California Fines Resort for Violating Pandemic Re-Hire Law (1)

Terranea Resort will be fined $3.3 million for not re-hiring workers laid off because of Covid-19 closures, marking the state’s first citation under its “right-to-recall” law.

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Thursday that the resort in Rancho Palos Verdes would be fined for failing to offer jobs to 53 workers, which included housepersons, banquet servers, bartenders, junior sous chefs, and massage therapists.

California was among states, such as Connecticut and Nevada, and dozens of cities that issued “right to recall” laws in the wake of layoffs sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic. The mandates require employers to offer laid-off workers ...