L.A. Times Reports: Ziba Beuaty Center Exploits Workers

Ziba Beauty Center has made the headlines of the Los Angeles Times.

The class action says Ziba employees, many immigrant women, were paid less than minimum wage and forced to work long hours with no breaks.
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 23, 2008

"The plaintiffs include Payal Modi of India and Bishnu Shahani from Nepal, who say they were paid as little as $4 an hour at the salon, denied rest breaks and required to deliver hours of free henna tattooing services at parties."

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Ziba Beauty Center Sues Former Employee Because She Worked for Another Beauty Salon

Ziba Beauty Center Inc. Vs. Daxa Vaza

Ziba Beauty Center run by Sumita Batra didn't like that a former employee decided to get a job somewhere else. What did Ziba do? They SUED the former employee and made all kinds of allegations such as:

Breach of Contract (Getting a Job)

Unfair Competitoin (Getting a job)

Misappropriation of Trade Secrets (The Art of Threading? Mendi?)

Unjust Enrichment (Claims that ex-emploee had customer cards and old customer info)

Here's the Link

Ziba Beauty Center Inc. Vs. Daxa Vaza

Ziba Beauty Center is being sued by former Manager

Valerie Gant Vs. Ziba Beauty Center

Ziba Beauty Center is being sued by a former manager for a variety of things including:
Discrimination $ Harassment Based on Religion
Wrongful Termination
Failure to Pay Wages
Unlawful Sexual Harassment
Here's the Link to the Lawsuit

Valerie Gant Vs. Ziba Beauty Center