Santa Clara County has filed a lawsuit against a Milpitas home care business for wage theft and unlawful business practices.

County Counsel Tony LoPresti submitted an Oct. 31 complaint against Happy Trip Home Care and its owners for operating without a license, not providing breaks to workers and failing to pay minimum wage and overtime, among other violations. This is the second wage theft lawsuit filed by the county this year, after suing five T-Mobile stores in East San Jose for exploiting workers in May.

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office gave the county a $750,000 grant earlier this year to fund some of this work.

“The message that we are sending with this lawsuit is clear and it is simple,” LoPresti said at a Wednesday news conference. “(People) who seek to profit by viola

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