Countywide : Labor Logs Offered to Immigrant Workers
County officials have begun distributing a new booklet containing information designed to protect immigrant laborers from unscrupulous employers.
The Worker’s Rights Information booklet was developed by the Orange County Human Relations Commission to encourage workers to document pertinent information about their employers and to keep a log of the hours they work.
The pocket-size booklets, printed in Spanish, also contain referrals for complaints about unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, discrimination and other issues.
Five thousand of the booklets, printed with a grant from Pacific Bell, will be distributed at English language classes, places where day laborers congregate, churches and other areas.
The booklet is a product of a recent hearing before the commission which documented widespread exploitation of immigrant labor.
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