Labor Standards Enforcement

They care less about you than the shady employer who ripped you off does. I get no support, no returned calls. When I email it takes forever for a response and when I finally get one it’s my rude rep with a sarcastic email that tell me to withdraw and pay to go to court myself! They took two months to get back to me then sent me a response from my previous employer and told me I had 10 days to respond or it was going to get tossed out (didn’t even get it till 4 days after it was sent and it was a Saturday). I have questions about my rights and the inaccurate BS on that response but no one her gives a damn. They treat the victim as the villain. Sad that this happens in SF smh

Thank goodness for the California State Labor Commissioner's office. I work in the catering industry as a bartender/server. Companies constantly steal your tip money, deny meal/rest breaks, not pay overtime, purposely time shave hours. Luckily this office makes many of these businesses obey the law. The money penalties on claims is huge, so if a business gets hit with a claim you can bet that company will not be flouting the law in the future. For anyone who complains about this office not being the best try taking your employer to small claims court, see how that works out for you.

I’m so disgusted with people who work at the SF Labor Commissioner’s Office. After two years of waiting I finally had a hearing but the hearing officer was unbelievably unprofessional and rude. She was biased towards my case right from the beginning because she didn’t like the way I speak, I certainly felt the prejudice if not racism! She yelled, screamed and urged me to present my case impatiently throughout the entire time. Halfway through the hearing I felt so dismayed and disrespected, and lost the interest to defend my case which I must attribute that to her strategic work.

This place won't help you they will make you spend your time here waiting..Taking time off constantly, and won't even help you fill out the forms correctly...

Unbelievable!nThe people here are slow, rude and do the best to ignore you, I come here asking for help and then feel like you're not here to help but that I'm bothering you, lucky if you get your case heard, it's been 3 yrs and 2 filings for me and nothing yet!