As the world turns its eyes to California this weekend for Super Bowl LX, employers doing business in California may not only think of warm weather and great football, but also the Labor Commissioner, aka the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE).
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the world turns its eyes to California this weekend for Super Bowl LX, employers doing business in California may not only think of warm weather and great football, but also the Labor Commissioner, aka the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), a division of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) tasked with investigating wage and hour practices, which can result in significant citations or settlements.
Employers doing business in California are well aware of the DLSE, aka the Labor Commissioner's Office, which, among other things, investigates wage and hour practices and adjudicates employees' wage theft claims. With Superbowl LX on our minds, we thought it appropriate to take a time out for a recap of the 2025 DLSE season's expansive impact on employers.
DLSE Investigations and Enforcement
In 2025 alone, the Labor Commissioner's Bureau of Field Enforcement (BOFE) threw a flag on the play and issued more than 3,600 notices to discontinue wage and hour violations, including the following settlements and citations:
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