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Labor/Employment

Jan. 31, 2014

Labor commissioner reduces wage penalties for Chinese bus manufacturer

The write-down came after Paul Hastings LLP partner Leslie Abbot showed that "salaries, bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments paid in China added together appeared to meet the minimum wage with respect to those workers."


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


California's labor commissioner cut penalties to the Los Angeles subsidiary of a Chinese battery maker for minimum wage violations Monday, chopping $11,840 off the penalties after lawyers for the company provided more information about how BYD Motors Inc. paid five foreign workers.


However, Labor Commissioner Julie Su's citations for minimum wage violations, pay stub violations and not provid...

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