Fourteen people are suing their former employer, Forensiclean, alleging the Sacramento company failed to pay them wages required by state law, overtime, or meal breaks.
The city of Sacramento’s attorneys verified that the company, in its cleaning of homeless camps, was not paying the so-called prevailing wages that are required by state law, the city’s Department of Community Response Director Brian Pedro told the City Council last month.
The city is now contracting with a different company for camp cleanup, while Sacramento County is still using Forensiclean to handle illegal dumping and camp cleanups. Both the city and county, through their spokespeople, declined comment on the lawsuit…