'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft from US workers

Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by eterm on Monday February 12, 2024 @10:19AM (#39345744)

That's exactly what it is, but the kids they employ don't know better.

The idea that there's a cabal of restaurant owners who get together to discuss in detail how they're breaking the law and maintain a blacklist is absurd when you stop to think about it.

But they're more than happy to let those kind of rumours keep doing the rounds to scare the naive young people into not sticking up for themselves.

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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by TheCleric on Monday February 12, 2024 @11:15AM (#39346604)

I think there’s one way this might work. To get hired at the next place they might want you to have experience. So you put your prior employer on the application, the new restaurant checks your references and mysteriously decides to pass on you.

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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by tomatotomato37 on Monday February 12, 2024 @10:51AM (#39346230)

Yeah the closest your going to get to a restaurant cabal are owners gossiping at the local wholesaler while waiting for their purchase to be processed, and even then there's a 50/50 chance a member of them is lying in order to bait a competitor into making a bad hire

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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by notdang on Monday February 12, 2024 @11:05AM (#39346436)

It might be funny, but in Mexico it's done differently.

There are Whatsapp groups of HRs working in a particular group (tech, construction, etc.) where they communicate. Obviously they don't discuss the names openly but they do ask if someone is willing to give feedback on a candidate that worked at XY.

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