{"id":496557,"date":"2026-10-15T03:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/496557\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T03:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:56:16","slug":"radisson-hotel-owner-will-pay-major-wage-theft-settlement-to-oakland-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/496557\/","title":{"rendered":"Radisson Hotel owner will pay major wage theft settlement to Oakland workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three years ago, Oakland accused the Radisson Hotel near the airport of stealing<\/a> hundreds of thousands of dollars from its own workers. After a lengthy legal battle, the city has won a major settlement which will be paid to those employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The City Council approved<\/a> an end to the case last Thursday during closed session. The settlement calls for the Radisson\u2019s owners, Oakland Alameda Hotels LLC and Oakland Hotels LLC, and Nupenbhai Patel, the majority shareholder, to pay $600,000 in restitution, interest, and attorney\u2019s fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The City Council needs to give final approval<\/a> for the settlement at its next council meeting on Oct. 20. But city staff are pleased with the outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate the defendants\u2019 willingness to settle,\u201d Nora Cassidy, a worker protection attorney for the city attorney\u2019s office, told The Oaklandside. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled the settlement agreement will result in workers getting every penny of the wages they earned back into their pockets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2023, city investigators determined that the Radisson Hotel on Edes Avenue had violated Oakland\u2019s Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance<\/a> by failing to pay workers the correct rates from July 2019 through April 2020. Oakland\u2019s Department of Workplace and Employment Standards, which led the investigation, alleged that this resulted in 128 workers being underpaid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The department demanded the hotel pay over $404,000 in restitution<\/a>, making it one of the city\u2019s biggest wage theft cases in recent history. When this didn\u2019t happen, the city attorney filed a lawsuit the following year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2025, the Radisson was put into a court-ordered receivership after it failed to pay back a loan, according to the East Bay Times<\/a>. Last month, an affiliate of Cardera Health purchased the Radisson property from Berkadia Hotels & Hospitality Group for $15.5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patel did not respond to an interview request.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Laurel Moeslein, DWES\u2019 deputy director, said her department is actively investigating a portfolio of cases at all times that impact workers, including hotel employees and day laborers. Chuck Baker, interim director of DWES, thanked his colleagues for their work on this case, calling it a \u201chuge milestone\u201d for the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city is doing this on behalf of workers to recoup city resources,\u201d Baker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the former Radisson workers will actually get paid is not entirely clear. Moeslein said the city reached out to Fair Labor Oakland, a coalition of organizations that support low-wage workers, to let them know about the settlement. The city will be working with the coalition, and the nonprofit East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy<\/a>, to get the word out to employees who may be eligible for restitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saabir Lockett, deputy director of civic engagement at EBASE, said he was thrilled by the settlement. He believes it highlights the importance of funding Oakland\u2019s labor standards department.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery budget cycle the city has to reallocate funding, and this is one of the places we know is necessary based on this win we just received,\u201d Lockett told The Oaklandside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Workers who believe they are the victim of wage theft or other labor violations can file a complaint with DWES here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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