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Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:59PM (#36979022)
> Wage theft really should be a strict liability crime -- only proof necessary to convict is that it happened, not that it was intended.

It would still take a public prosecutor to care, and the failure to pay as required is already a strict-liability tort. Not sure that enabling discretionary criminal punishment of acts that are neither intentional, reckless, nor even negligent in this domain helps anyone.

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Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by genocidicbunny on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:31AM (#37000601)
> acts that are neither intentional, reckless, nor even negligent

This point we disagree on. Wage theft is almost always intentional, always reckless, and should be considered negligent as a default.

Wage theft is one of the places where I am okay with guilty until proven innocent because of the huge power disparity between the affected parties.

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