LOS ANGELES. These documents are redacted from the EEOC case file. Indicative but not all inclusive. EEOC file number 480-2023-00893. (November 11, 2023.) Also see related California Labor Claim below.
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“I could imagine that if I called Chris Jenkins, Cortez Mathews, Brian Smith, or Robert Kotich a “castrating bitch” (words quoted by Williams Lea) I am sure I would suffer some type of discipline. Maybe that is how I should have handled it.” (Source: Response Page 6.)
All About Roth Staffing Williams Lea Robert Half International Activision Sexual Harassment
The Roth Staffing California Labor complaint
(Note: The Roth Staffing California labor complaint named joint employers Roth Staffing, Robert Half Legal, Williams Lea Staffing, and Activision. Roth staffing admitted the contractual agreements.)
Re: WC-CM-890340-2nd request
From: G Johnson (tainmount@sbcglobal.net)
To: eespinoza@dir.ca.gov
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM PST
Dear DLSE Long Beach:
I am working on signing the complaint you forwarded.
The draft complaint that you have forwarded to me for signing should be amended to reflect the following
before I can sign it:
This is based on my letter to you dated March 17, 2023 and April 8, 2023 via email. The March 17, 2023
document is an amendment to the wage claim.
1. The complaint is against joint employers Roth staffing, Williams Lee, Robert half international, Activision.
“In addition, California has already implemented legislation that increases liability on employers who
contract for labor. Labor Code section 2810.3 holds companies accountable for wage-and-hour and
other violations when they use staffing agencies or other labor contractors to supply workers. If your
California company uses workers supplied by labor contractors, it can be held legally accountable for
failure to pay wages or secure valid workers’ compensation coverage, as well as for violation of certain
whistleblower protections.”
2. I have requested a civil penalty of $50,000 which is based on the five violations that occurred. See the
March 17, 2023 letter amendment to wage claim.
3. Please add Violation of labor code section 2802 because Roth staffing refused to indemnify me for the
violations.
4. As stated in the March 17, 2023 amendment to the complaint, I assert a violation of California industrial
wage commission order number 4–2001. This is known as the double minimum wage law. The
employers in this case never provided the necessary tools and never provided double minimum wage.
The pay owed would be $30 per hour -$18 equals $12 per hour times 804 hours equals $9648.
5. 6. If complaint cannot be amended, please advise and I will file a new complaint.
Per the email of April 8, 2023 at 10:46 AM, I have added waiting time penalties, and that my last
paycheck was not issued to me until eight days after the date of discharge from the job.
7. I know that the wage statements for the $120 and $16.35 do not state the correct pay period for when
the expenses were incurred, for example, February, March, April, May, June, July.
8. As stated on page 2 of the April 8, 2023 Email, the mileage reimbursement, absent and agreement none
in this case, should not be subtracted from old business expenses.
9. Please include in this complaint the documents used in case WC – CM – 947043. That was a new wage
claim.
10. Evidence should include 3-23-3023 document to you of 45 pages. Please verify you have that
document.
11. I attach a 4-26-23 email to Roth Simonson demand for payment. This was copied to labor dept as well
as Roth Staffing. I requested “All available relief under applicable law including LC section 98.6 penalties
and LC section 232.5 penalties. $10,000 for each violation times around 99 work days”. I believe this
shows willful conduct by the employer.
12. I attach email received by DLSE 4/8/2023 from me at 10:46 am.
13. I attach schedule of expenses that was calculated on the DLSE website. 4/7/2023. Total $4224.00.
14. I attach wage claim summary for case 888835.
15. I attach 3/19/23 email.
16. I attach email 5/18/2023.
17. Please amend the Complaint accordingly so I can sign and return it within 15 days.
Geary Juan Johnson
Phone 323-807-3099
(From editor: attachments have been redacted)
On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:09:43 PM PST, Espinoza, Esther@DIR <eespinoza@dir.ca.gov> wrote:
Greeting,
I discuss your case with my supervisor, and we will be able to re-open your case after we received the complaint signed. Please see
the attached forms.
Thank you
Esther Espinoza
Deputy Labor Commissioner
Long Beach Wage Unit
LABORCOMM.WCA.LBO@DIR.CA.GOV
(424) 450-2603
Re labor California case WC-CM-890340. Johnson vs Roth Staffing et al. “There are significant implications for a finding of “joint- employment” status. If an entity is deemed to be a joint employer, it can be liable to the employee to the same extent as the primary employer. This means that a joint employer may be held liable for unpaid wages, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and more.” Source: Google .
This case was filed around June 2022. It was sent to a labor commissioner conference sometime in 2023 which did not result in the case being settled. In the meantime, I expected the labor commissioners office to take a diligent effort to get this complaint moving forward, only to be told recently that the case was closed in 2024 March due to in action on my part alleged. I had never received any letter from the labor commissioner’s office about any further hearings Nor have I received any letter from the labor commissioners office about the reasons for the case being closed.
I repeatedly did stay in touch with the labor commissioners office, trying to ascertain the status of the case to be told that the case was closed without explanation. This is quite unfair and distressing in view of the fact that millions of workers across the state of California expect that the labor commissioner office will be able to protect their rights in the workplace. I have not received any letter from the labor commissioners office, advising me of my rights to appeal or to bring it to court for some type of writ review action. It seems the labor commissioner is very interested in getting as many complaints from citizens as possible, but there is very little enforcement of the labor code.
I believe I am still within the statute of limitations, and I will be filing another wage labor complaint.
You can read more about this case on the following online blog link https://lahousingpermitsandrentadjustmentcommission.com/all-about-roth-staffing-williams-lea-robert-half-international-activision-sexual-harassment/
Geary J. Johnson
323-807-3099
(The above as told to all California Labor Commissioner offices via email.)
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