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Re:Wage Theft is a Bigger Problem Than Other Forms of Theft ... by pbecotte on Saturday June 02, 2018 @06:20PM (#17216713)
So your employer pays 48k for 50 hours a week of labor. Yes, if they suddenly paid you 60k instead you'd be doing better. But that doesn't mean they benefit from unpaid labor, just that the current rate is less than you think it is.
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Re:Wage Theft is a Bigger Problem Than Other Forms of Theft ... by DFHippie on Saturday June 02, 2018 @07:24PM (#17216975)
Somewhere there is a contract specifying the amount the corporation will pay and the worker will receive for an hour of work. It is the violation of this contract which makes it theft. This is also what makes driving someone else's car away, taking their wallet, or moving into their house theft. If someone walks off with your wallet, it isn't that you've misunderstood the legal conditions of your ownership of that wallet. The problem, in other words, is not in your understanding.
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