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An analysis of federal and state databases sheds new light on the prevalence and scale of wage theft in New York restaurants and other industries, placing the total wages stolen in one five-year period at more than $203 million.

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[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would be absolutely shocked if only 127,000 New Yorkers were the victims of wage theft. It's not only drastically underreported, but a lot of people seem to take pride in giving their employers free labor.

[–] crazyminner@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Where are the grifter cons now? Last time they were in the comments saying it's baaad to work more hours if finish early...

Crickets when the rich boots do illegal shit.

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

What about the rest of the country? I'm not in New York but I've had wages stolen from me. .