Wage Theft • Labor Law • Corporate Accountability Maersk Weaponized Complexity to Bury a Worker’s Right to a Judge EvilCorporations.com • Case No. B333556, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. • 43 min read TL;DR Carlos Villalobos worked as a forklift…
TL;DR Consilio, LLC, a nationwide legal document review company, quietly eliminated overtime premium pay for its hourly attorney employees in Minnesota in August 2019, replacing it with a flat base-rate policy for all hours worked, including hours beyond 40 per…
TL;DR For six years (2010–2016), Hawaii luxury resort group Mauna Kea charged customers a mandatory service fee, kept part of it, and told workers and guests almost nothing specific about where the money actually went. The disclosure they used said…
TL;DR A former Sunsweet Growers worker sued the prune-processing corporation for failing to pay minimum wages, overtime, and sick pay; denying meal and rest breaks; and retaliating against her for reporting harassment. Sunsweet tried every legal trick available to drag…
Labor Accountability / Wage Theft / Service Industry The Black Box Tip System That Left Restaurant Workers in the Dark EvilCorporations.com Investigative Desk | Source: U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Decision Filed July 25, 2025 TL;DR The Ridge Great…
Wage Theft in Plain Sight: How NYC Stole Millions from its First Responders TL;DR A jury found the City of New York and the FDNY liable for willfully violating federal labor law by stealing wages from 2,519 of its own…
Labor Law / Wage Theft / Luxury Retail Dressed Up as Managers, Paid Like Workers, Robbed Like Both EvilCorporations.com | Investigative Labor Desk TL;DR Dover Street Market New York, one of the world’s most exclusive luxury retailers, labeled its floor…
TL;DR FS Blinds, a Houston-area window blind company, paid three workers flat fees per job, refused to track their hours, and called them “independent contractors” to dodge federal overtime law. Those workers (Jose Flores, Jean Romero-Rodriguez, and Brandon Villarreal) reported…
EvilCorporations.com | Labor & Wage Theft | August 2023 Exposed: Nonprofit Labor Scheme They Called It Therapy. The Courts Called It Wage Theft. TL;DR Cenikor Foundation, a nonprofit drug rehab, sent thousands of patients to work for companies like Walmart,…
TL;DR A Denver nail salon chain called Ella Bliss Beauty Bar forced its nail technicians to clean the business, including the bathrooms, and paid them absolutely nothing for that labor. The employer also withheld tips to pressure workers into finishing…