[hollerith]

>Wage theft is the largest form of theft by a wide margin

I doubt that is true in the US for sensible definitions of wage theft.

>structuring contracts/agreements in terms of bonuses that can never be attained with the insane performance requirements

I disagree that this is theft although it might be exploitation if the employee has less experience or knowledge than the employer.

[esseph]

> I doubt that is true in the US for sensible definitions of wage theft.

It is absolutely true.

Here's the raw data, you can look for yourself. Kind of shocked someone on HN doesn't already know this.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/data/charts/all-acts

> Wage theft in the U.S. is a massive, underreported problem, with estimates showing employers steal over $15 billion to $50 billion annually from workers. This surpasses the combined value of all reported robbery, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft, which totaled significantly less, making wage theft the largest form of theft in the country.

https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-theft-bigger-problem-fo...