The California Labor Commissioner Office has recently paid $1.52 million to 57 workers at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA who had their labor rights violated, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) said in a news release.
HRD previously reported on the resort being cited for failing to rehire dozens of workers laid off during the pandemic. Following the case, what does the Right to Recall law mean in terms of an employer’s obligations and duties?
According to the DIR, some of the workers of the Terranea Resort were not timely offered jobs, while others did not receive any job offers once the resort re-opened as required by the Right to Recall law.
“The $1.52 million payment comes from a settlement reached in May with Terranea Resort after it was cited on March 2, 2022 for failing to comply with the law after the resort re-opened for business in 2021,” the DIR said.
The workers compensated include “banquet housepersons, banquet servers, banquet captains, bartenders, and junior sous chefs.”
Based on the DIR, the Labor Code Sec. 20810.8 affords recall rights for all employees in the hospitality industry and in building services who were laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Within five days of a job opening, an employer must offer the available position(s) to laid-off employees who held the same or similar position before the lay-off,” the DIR said. “An employee is allowed five business days to accept...
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