BYD has announced that the decision by the labour commissioner hearing officer resulted in a reduction by almost two thirds – from US$99,245 to $37,803 – in the fines assessed against BYD for “good faith technical errors” (such as allowing several workers one 20 minute break so they could have breakfast together rather than two 10 minute breaks).
BYD said it is especially happy that the false charge, unfortunately widely published in local and national media, of payments to five temporary Chinese professionals below California’s minimum wage was dropped by the Commissioner before the hearing.
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BYD in the US is a start-up company that has built two factories; an electric bus factory and an energy module factory in Lancaster, California, with an administrative office in Los Angeles and already created more than 50 jobs. The company expects to double the new jobs to 100 by the end of 2014, and doubling again to 200 jobs by 2015 and are also proud of our zero-emission electric buses and longer lasting batteries than any other electric or hybrid bus manufacturer.
