Former Anaheim Marriott Employees Receive Shares of Nearly $3 Million Settlement over Pandemic Layoffs

Former Anaheim Marriott employees receive shares of nearly $3 million settlement over pandemic layoffs

Former Anaheim Marriott employees who were laid off during the pandemic received settlement payments Tuesday.

Anaheim Marriott Pays Nearly $3 Million to Laid-Off Workers After Alleged Labor Law Violation

Anaheim Marriott executives have agreed to pay $2.75 million for over two dozen workers laid-off during the COVID-19 pandemic after allegedly violating a state worker recall law. Voice of OC is Orange County's nonprofit newsroom. We rely on donations from people like you to sustain our news agency. Please make a contribution today: https://voiceofoc.org/donate

Former Anaheim Marriott Employees Who Were Laid Off During the COVID-19 Pandemic Receive $3M Settlement Payments

Former Anaheim Marriott employees who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic received settlement payments Tuesday after California labor officials determined the hotel violated state labor law. Twenty-nine former employees gathered to celebrate the payout, which follows an investigation by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office into the hotel’s compliance with the state’s right-to-recall requirements. Read more at ABC7

ANNOUNCEMENT: California Labor Commissioner’s Landmark $2.75 Million Anaheim Marriott Settlement Addresses Alleged Violations of the State’s Right to Recall Law Protecting Hospitality Workers Laid Off During the COVID-19 Pandemic

UNITE HERE Local 11 held a press conference to announce a $2.75 million settlement with the Anaheim Marriott to resolve a citation against the Anaheim Marriott alleging that the hotel violated state law by failing to timely offer available positions to eligible former employees laid-off during the COVID-19 pandemic. The settlement follows complaints filed by workers under California’s Right to Recall law. Enacted in 2021 as Senate Bill 93, the l…