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between 2017 and 2020, over $3 billion was recovered for workers who experienced wage theft. Some of the largest companies in America are the perpetrators and they are most likely to stiff the employees who can least afford it. Low-paid workers, undocumented workers, and workers of color are most at risk for wage theft.
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Wage theft can take many forms. It might include not paying overtime, forcing employees to complete additional work off the clock, minimum wage violations, misclassification of employees as independent contractors to avoid overtime pay laws, violating meal or rest break laws, requiring certain clothing purchases and not reimbursing for them, violating tip laws, or making late or no payments.
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“Some companies are doing a cost-benefit analysis and realize it’s cheaper to violate the law, even if you get caught,”