SAN FRANCISCO—Employers in San Francisco will face higher fines for violating the city’s minimum wage requirements under an ordinance signed into law Sept. 16.
Mayor Edwin Lee at a ceremony signed the Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance, which amends the San Francisco minimum wage law to double fines for violations to $1,000. The law also allows investigators to immediately cite employers for violations, requires that claims be processed within a year, and permits the city’s office of labor standards enforcement to use funds that are uncollected by employees after three years.
The amendments to sections 12R.5, 12R.7, 12R.16-18, and 12R.25 of ...
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