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Nine Bay Area prosecutors will share $3.7 million in state grants to develop and implement wage theft enforcement programs, the state Department of Industrial Relations said last week.
The grants will enable prosecutors to address exploitative labor industry trends and obstacles workers confront in reporting violations, the department said in a press release.
Among the nine Bay Area public prosecutors who applied for and received grants were the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office at $335,935 and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office at $720,000.
“Wage theft is a persistent problem, and this funding helps address it in local communities across our state,” Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower said in the press release.
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement combats wage theft and unfair competition by investigating allegations of illegal and unfair business practices.
