Walter says he has calls just about every week from people whose employers wont pay them what they are owed. The employer will refuse to give them their last paycheck and say they stole something or some other bogus excuse. TAKE A MINUTE AND READ. The country suffers an epidemic of wage theft, as large numbers of employers violate minimum-wage, overtime, and other wage and hour laws with virtual impunity, University of Oregon economist Gordon Lafer wrote in the report. More than 60 percent of low-wage workers have some pay illegally withheld by their employer each week, according to a 2009 survey cited in the report. Low-paid workers lose a stunning $2,634 per year, on average, in unpaid wages, or 15 percent of their income, according to the report. Wage theft across the country topped $185 million in 2008, according to the latest Labor Department data available. That was three times more than all the money lost in bank, gas-station and convenience-store robberies that same year, according to the Justice Department.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:05:20 +0000
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