California AG Rob Bonta issued an inaugural Labor Day Report highlighting ten key worker protections available in California and the California Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) efforts to combat illegal employment practices.

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Massachusetts AG Maura Healey reached a settlement with bakery Golden Cannoli Shells Co., Inc. and related individuals (collectively, “Golden Cannoli”) to resolve allegations of wage theft in violation of Massachusetts’s wage and hour laws.

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New York AG Letitia James announced that the owner of several payroll companies, Michael T. Mann, pleaded guilty to and was sentenced for one felony count of Money Laundering in the First Degree for laundering funds stolen from employers, employees, financial institutions, and financing companies.

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A group of 17 Democratic AGs, led by California AG Rob Bonta, sent a letter to U.S. Senate leaders urging the Senate to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (“PRO Act”), intended to strengthen unions and modernize the National Labor Relations Act.

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Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro announced that state contractor Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. (“Hawbaker”) pleaded nolo contendere to four counts of theft relating to Hawbaker’s alleged underpayment of more than $20 million to its employees in violation of the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, the federal Davis-Bacon Act, and/or the Davis-Bacon Related Acts.

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