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A comment on An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions a Year (2014). Parent comment

Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by tadfisher on Sunday September 05, 2021 @01:07AM (#28421782)
I just Googled and saw that wage theft is actually a crime in Minnesota, punishable by fines and jail time. So it's not universally treated as a civil violation, at least.
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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by candiodari on Sunday September 05, 2021 @12:16PM (#28425417)
And is that wage theft as in a local manager literally stealing wages, or wage theft as in general management chronically underpaying and having explicit policies to prevent workers from using their rights, deny them health coverage, ... ?
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