公司倒闭十年后 136名印刷厂前员工追回近200万美元欠薪
Sacramento——加州劳工关系部10月16日宣布，州劳工专员办公室（LCO）已从Capital Mailing Services公司业主处为136名前员工追回约198.8万美元；这家西Sacramento的印刷与大宗邮递公司当年突然关门，工人被欠下工资。
2016年2月，Capital Mailing让员工回家并永久停业，员工失业且未拿到最后工资，公司也未按《加州工人调整与再培训通知法》（Cal/WARN）提供提前通知。2018年，劳工专员办公室起诉Capital Mailing及其业主Perris·西布利（Perice Sibley），指其违反Cal/WARN并拖欠最低工资，另提起欺诈性转移诉讼，防止业主转移资产逃避责任。
2023年，初审法院判决劳工专员办公室胜诉，加州上诉法院其后维持了130万美元的判决，其中约99%归工人所有。在另一项工资判决执行行动中，该办公室又从西布利处追回约68.8万美元，其中97%归82名工人所有。约50名工人同时在两笔追回款中享有份额。10月16日，部分前员工在Sacramento领取了款项。
劳工专员莉莉亚·加西亚-布劳尔（Lilia García-Brower）表示：「工人不应仅仅因为一家企业关门，就失去他们应得的工资和保障。本案说明了执法为何需要坚持。十多年后，我们仍在努力确保追回的钱送到挣得它的人手里。」
前员工本杰明·克拉克（Benjamin Clark）表示：「看到这个过程走完，意义重大。这不只是拿回我们挣的钱，而是知道发生在我们身上的事有人在意，我们不是被独自留下承担后果。」
劳工专员办公室表示，仍在继续联系自2016年以来联系方式可能变更的Capital Mailing前员工；认为自己可能有权获得款项的人，可发送电邮至 [email protected]。该办公室2025年通过各项执法项目共追回逾7800万美元工资。
Labor Commissioner's Office Recovers Nearly $2 Million for 136 Workers Left Unpaid When Company Closed a Decade Ago
SACRAMENTO — The California Labor Commissioner's Office (LCO) has recovered approximately $1,988,000 for 136 former workers from the owner of Capital Mailing Services, Inc., following the West Sacramento printing and bulk mailing company's abrupt closure, the Department of Industrial Relations announced on October 16.
In February 2016, Capital Mailing sent its employees home and permanently closed, leaving them without jobs or their final paychecks. The company failed to provide the advance notice required under the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (Cal/WARN). In 2018, the Labor Commissioner's Office sued Capital Mailing and its owner, Perice Sibley, for Cal/WARN violations and unpaid minimum wages, and also filed a fraudulent transfer action to prevent the owner from transferring assets to avoid financial responsibility.
In 2023, the trial court ruled in favor of the Labor Commissioner's Office, and the California Court of Appeal later affirmed the $1.3 million judgment, approximately 99 percent of which is designated for workers. In a separate action to enforce wage judgments, the office collected approximately $688,000 from Sibley, with 97 percent designated for 82 workers. Approximately 50 workers are owed payments from both recoveries. Former employees received payments at an event in Sacramento on October 16, 2026.
"Workers should not lose the wages and protections they are owed simply because a business closes its doors. This case shows why enforcement requires persistence," said Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower. "More than a decade after these workers were sent home, we are still working to make sure the money we recovered reaches the people who earned it."
"It means a lot to see this process through to the end. It's not only about getting the money we earned. It's about knowing that what happened to us mattered, that we weren't just left on our own to carry the consequences," said former employee Benjamin Clark.
The Labor Commissioner's Office said it is continuing efforts to reach former Capital Mailing employees whose contact information may have changed since 2016; those who believe they may be entitled to funds can email [email protected]. The office recovered more than $78 million in wages across its enforcement programs in 2025.
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