Legislature About to Pass Bill with Heavy Penalties for Employee “Lock-ins”

UKIAH -- The state Legislature is poised to send a bill to the governor that would prohibit the practice of locking employees in a workplace, and would increase penalties by 10 times in cases where workers die or are seriously injured as the result of a lock-in.AB 2545 by Assemblyman Paul Koretz (D-West Hollywood) is aimed at ending a practice reportedly employed by the retail giant Wal-Mart and its subsidiary Sam's Club. The chains have had a policy of locking late-shift employees in stores ov