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by esseph
41 days ago
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> 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... |
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