Marriott Faces California Labor Inquiry as Workers Strike

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office is investigating a Marriott-managed hotel in San Diego as the chain deals with a multi-city strike, as well as the staffing agency it hired to provide workers, a spokesman with the state agency told Bloomberg Law.

The office declined to comment on specific details of the investigation, which involves Marriott’s Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter and staffing firm Hotel Cleaning Services Inc. But the state agency—also known as the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement—specifically targets wage violations, as well as retaliation against whistleblowing workers. No wage claims have been filed against either entity, spokesman ...