[downrightmike]

Wage theft by employers in Canada outpaces retail theft, costing Canadian workers an estimated $15 billion annually. In contrast, organized retail shrink and shoplifting cost the retail sector roughly $9 billion per year.

[bko]

I dont see your point. Because wage theft is a thing a small minority can steal and drive up costs for everyone.

Also I never understood what wage theft really is. My experience has been the opposite. People paid to work and doing shit like reading news, social media or shopping. You'll also see spikes in shopping on Monday as people go back to "work". That's the reason it's called cyber Monday. Most companies are extremely over staffed w maybe like 20% of people in non bs roles.

Im sure you'll point me to some left leaning think tank detailing how everyone is getting screwed over but its just not my experience

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If you don't know what the wage theft is, why don't you just Google it before admitting that your experience is the opposite of the well studied and defined phenomenon you say you don't understand.

I'm puzzled.

[bko]

Yes, I read about it. It doesn't really ring true to me. Some places don't pay overtime, true, but usually local mom and pop shops or jobs that are under the table. It's inconceivable to me that a large multi-national corporation would think "ah yes, let's illegally screw over a few low wage workers and hope no one finds out".

The contractor thing is pretty much BS. I remember the debate when California tried to classify Uber drivers as full time employees, when in reality they were able to set their own hours, work as much or as little as they wanted to and often drove for their competitors at the same time, picking rides based on fares offered.

So yeah, I think a lot of it is BS, but thanks for telling me to google it.

[downrightmike]

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