Actually,
One of the mexicans was arrested for smuggling pot, so he isn't with me anymore. Oddly enough, when the background checks came in, because we do much work on prisons, they kinda said "Sure, he can come on site"
As for the other one, I just gave him a no interest loan. I spent my money to make sure he had his house in order as it's getting cold and his wife is pregnant. I made sure he got his drivers license back, got his tickets taken care of and his insurance re-activated so he could take advantage of the 2 Dollar an hour raise I just gave him after I promoted him to a Lead Installer position.
Nice young kid, got off to a rough start in L.A. but here in Sacramento, we do things a tad differently.
Now, this is a reward as he is one hell of a good worker, and $17.00 per hour is a good base wage for under 2 years experience, and I will continue to reward him unless he screws up royally and thinks that he is owed one damn thing from me, then it's out on his bellybutton faster than he can fart tequila fumes.
Being in Lead, he has first dibs on the Prevailing Wage projects that we work on, and when those come, his base wage jumps to $26.00 per hour and benefits, and being as they tend to be long distance, get's overtime at that rate for driving because I want 8 hours of work. I "could" pay one way, as that is what the law allows, but I don't, I pay both, it's the right thing to do. Don't confuse that with the Moral right thing to do, it's not morality, it is simply the fact that if I spend a few bucks now, I don't spend Many bucks training new dweebs.
Now, ya, that's modern management. Know where your talent is, and take care of them. Stream line efficiency by getting rid of the lazy schmucks who think I owe them a thing, I don't. This isn't a social program, it's stfu and do your job. I reward effort, and I think I reward it well.
