My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: California, Mendocino County.
I am the new office manager of the vacation rental, I have realized the previous office manager that was training me at the time or was suppose to train me, quit 3 weeks after I started. During those three weeks, and the following month, I have discovered that the previous office manager had been in contact with one of our homeowner's towards the end of them quitting. That homeowner and previous office manager have set up their own website, used the vacation rental agency photo's of the house. The previous office manager was stealing all the renter information pertaining to that specific homeowner's vacation rentals.
Let me go back in time. The previous office manager was originally hired as a housekeeper for 5 years before coming the office manager for 8 months. In that 8 month period, the previous office manager slowly started to steal their idea's and clients, to open up their own business and have the previous office manager, office based in the same community of the vacation rental agency, and the previous office manager home.
The previous office manager has contacted private homeowner's and also repeat clients of the vacation rental agency, while she's been setting up her business and do house cleaning while she's unemployment at the same time. the previous office manager has stolen our clients, and homeowner information and client information home with her.
Is this a crime? And if so, what should I do? I have raised this concern with the owner's of the vacation rental agency, and they are concerned and just don't know what to do.

