Dave Id

#Subway franchisee John Michale Meza, Jessica Meza, and associate Hamza Ayesh failed to pay employees on time, bounced paychecks, illegally withheld tips, denied bathroom breaks, and forced workers as young as 15 to work alone at three restaurants in #Petaluma and one each in #SantaRosa, #Windsor and #Cotati.

#WageTheft #ChildLabor
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/department-of-labor-obtains-injunction-against-subway-franchise-in-sonoma-c/

Department of Labor obtains injunction against Subway franchise in Sonoma County amid investigation

“I think it’s good, because they’re getting what they deserve,” said Yanelli Vargas, one of former Subway workers who spoke to The Press Democrat in March alleging wage theft.

The Press Democrat
May 27, 2023 at 7:02pmWeb
Show threadDave IdMay 27, 2023
Meza and his companies owe $265,294 in outstanding wages. They also have Subway restaurants in #Napa (where they have three), #Vallejo, #SanPablo, #Concord, #Antioch and #Clayton.
Show threadDave IdMay 27, 2023

Meza's business associate threatened to file a false police report against two 15-year-old employees who asked for their unpaid wages, the Department of Labor wrote in a lawsuit.

https://www.businessinsider.com/california-subway-franchisee-checks-bounced-wages-employees-jobs-workdol-2023-5

CA Subway franchisee paid staff $265,294 in checks that bounced: DOL

Workers as young as 15 were charged "bad check" fees by their banks after the pay checks bounced, the Labor Department said in a lawsuit.

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