One plaintiff seeks over $500,000 in unpaid wages

By Patric Hedlund

Allegations of wage theft, fraud, discrimination and elder abuse were filed in Kern County Superior Court against Tejon Ranch Company on Thursday, Feb. 11, the same day the New York Stock Exchange dumped TRC’s share price to $17.43, the lowest it has been since 2005.

The lawsuit outlines a surge in stress-related disabilities among TRC’s Lebec staff. Five of them say in their suit that the company’s President and CEO Gregory Bielli and his Human Resources Director Denise Spars conspired with Director of Hunting and Equestrian Operations Michael Campeau (and others) to systematically humiliate, isolate…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Bakersfield Attorney Thomas Anton filed the suit against Tejon Ranch on February 11.

“On April 7, 2011 Jodi L. Bonas… regarded her position as her dream job…. [She was] promoted to Wildlife Management Supervisor, allegedly an exempt, salaried position….[But] in December 2014, Bonas filed a formal complaint against Spars for retaliation…claiming a hostile work environment….”

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This is part of the February 19, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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