Proposed Wage Theft Legislation Would Strip Violators of Ability to Do Business
To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.
https://documentedny.com/2024/01/31/wage-theft-legislation-violation/
Every time I look at wage theft stories and comments, I see people who don’t understand their rights under current law. Y’all aren’t helpless and getting robbed, you just don’t know your rights.
Maybe a government funded ad blast would work better? Kinda like the “crying Indian” ad back in the day?
In my state you can file a claim with the state labor commission. But they don’t have the resources to investigate “small” reports and their website encourages you to just hire your own lawyer.
It’s fascinating the imbalance, if you take $20 from your employer’s till that’s a crime, they can call 911 and within minutes police can respond and take the money back and possibly arrest you. You could have a criminal record that negatively effects your life for many years.
Your employer shorts your paycheck $2000 and it’s a ‘civil matter’, the police won’t even take your report. Instead you must file a claim with an understaffed beaucratic office that may not even open your email much less recover your money. If any recovery happens it will certainly take many, many months so hopefully you don’t have bills due this month! The employer is free to continue stealing from your paycheck and anyone else’s paychecks and is unlikely to face any meaningful consequences.
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