One of Los Angeles' largest Chinese-language newspapers was ordered by a federal judge here Friday to pay millions of dollars to 200 employees who were denied years of overtime pay and subjected to other labor law violations. The $5.19 million award, to the employees of The Chinese Daily News, included penalties for violating labor laws as well as 10 percent interest on the original award of $2.5 million, which was granted by a jury in 2007. The same judge, Consuelo B. Marshall of Federal District Court, presided over the 2007 trial and over Friday?s hearing. The employees brought a class-action lawsuit in 2004, charging that the paper withheld overtime pay and denied workers rest and meal breaks during shifts of 12 hours and longer.
See "Paper Is Penalized for Labor Violations", Rebecca Cathcart, The New York Times, March 2, 2008