Six LAX concession workers who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic have filed complaints against their employer, alleging the business has failed to re-hire them or was late in bringing them back in violation of California’s “rehiring and retention” law.
The employees, represented by Unite Here Local 11, worked for Hudson News, a chain of airport concessions owned by Hudson Group. They claim scores of co-workers with less experience have been called back to work while they have yet to reclaim their jobs or were late in being re-hired.
Senate Bill 93, which took effect April 16, 2021, requires hospitality employers to offer employees laid off due to the pandemic an opportunity to return to work in open positions for which they are qualified — in order of seniority.
That hasn’t happened for Marlu Lucia Prada, one of the six complainants. She worked at Hudson News at LAX since 2007 but was laid off in April 2020.
“For more than two years, I have waited to return to my position with Hudson at the airport,” said Prada, who was earning $19.50 an hour. “But instead of following the law, Hudson fired me and called back more than 100 employees with less seniority than me.”
Co-worker Daniela Cuevas, who also filed a claim under SB 93, worked at a Hudson warehouse in Carson before her layoff in March 2020. She was re-hired in July 2021, but noted that scores of others with less experience regained their jobs ahead of her.
“When I was rehired, the company had recalled at least...
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