WET SEAL IN COURT
October 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
SPECIALITY retailer Wet Seal, which operates 620 stores in 47 US states, is involved in a court case being closely watched by the American textile industry. A Los Angeles County Superior Court will decide whether the retailer is responsible for some of the wages the store's contractor owed to garment workers. If Wet Seal is found liable, it could mean that retailers may have to share the responsibility of ensuring workers are properly paid by contractors.
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SPECIALITY retailer Wet Seal, which operates 620 stores in 47 US states, is involved in a court case being closely watched by the American textile industry. A Los Angeles County Superior Court will decide whether the retailer is responsible for some of the wages the store's contractor owed to garment workers. If Wet Seal is found liable, it could mean that retailers may have to share the responsibility of ensuring workers are properly paid by contractors.
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