Uninsured Staffing Agency Ordered to Pay $650,000

A Southern California staffing agency was ordered to pay $650,000 in combined civil penalties and restitution for failing to carry workers' compensation for its temporary employees. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office said Man Staffing in Oxnard promised clients that its temporary workers were covered by workers' compensation while it repeatedly avoided obtaining lawful insurance policies. Between 2015 and 2018, the company created fake certificates of insurance using stolen policy numbers that it provided to clients as proof of coverage, prosecutors said. In other inst...