Nando161<p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> have an estimated $50bn-plus <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stolen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stolen</span></a> from them every year, according to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Institute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Institute</span></a>, surpassing all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/robberies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robberies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/burglaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burglaries</span></a> and motor vehicle <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thefts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thefts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/combined" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combined</span></a>. The majority of these stolen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> are never recovered by workers.</p><p>Between 2017 to 2020, $3.24bn in stolen wages were recovered by the US Department of Labor, state labor departments and attorney generals, and through class- and collective-action litigation.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wage</span></a> theft disproportionately affects lower-wage workers, women, people of color, and immigrant workers, and negatively affects local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/economies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economies</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revenues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenues</span></a>.</p><p>There are numerous forms of wage theft, from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employers</span></a> not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compensating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compensating</span></a> workers for time <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/worked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worked</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/violating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violating</span></a> minimum <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wage</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overtime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a>, misclassifying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> as independent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contractors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contractors</span></a>, not providing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/legally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legally</span></a> required meal breaks, confiscating worker tips, or illegally taking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deductions</span></a> from worker wages."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j</span><span class="invisible">un/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees</span></a></p>