Wage Theft Prevention Act

Wage Theft: A Moral Crisis in Our Communities

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski | Posted 04.29.2012

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Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

By any standard, wage theft is immoral, bad for the economy, unfair to ethical employers, and devastating to workers who are struggling to make ends meet.

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The Government's Secret War Against Small Business

Robert Levin | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Taxes, Government, Small Business, Tax Audits, Tax Laws, Accountants, Wage Theft Prevention Act, Small Business Taxes, Cpa, Accounting, Small Business America, Small Business News
Robert Levin

State tax auditors are being told to shake down local businesses to generate revenue. And while big businesses have internal tax specialists who can fight unjustified assessments, small businesses often have no choice but to pay since the cost to them of fighting back is so high.

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Dave Jamieson

Business Interests Take Aim At New Wage Theft Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.05.2011

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Late last year, advocates for low-wage workers in Florida's Palm Beach County made what they thought was a modest request of their county commissioner...

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New Wage Theft Laws Protect Workers

David Callahan | Posted 05.29.2011

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David Callahan

Cheating workers out of fairly-earned wages is about as low as things get. In most places in America, employers still face few penalties for wage theft allowing the epidemic to continue.

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New Study Uncovers Wage Theft and Workplace Abuse in the Garden State

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Wage Theft, Workplace, New Jersey, Wages, New York State Legislature, Wage Theft Prevention Act, Workplace Safety, Seton Hall, Day Laborers, Undocumented Workers, Politics News
Afton Branche

For day laborers, finding work too often means accepting less than minimum wage, forgoing safety equipment, or enduring abuse by crooked employers. A ...

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Wage Theft: Thou Shalt Not Steal From Your Workers

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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David A. Love

As the wealthy bankers are propped up and subsidized by the government, everyday working people who have little as it is are robbed daily -- by their employers. Now is a better time than most to discuss the crisis of wage theft in the United States.

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New York's Lousy Jobs (And How We Can Make Them Better)

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Traub

Should we tear down the city's middle class? Or work to turn lousy jobs into good ones? That's the policy choice facing New York's leaders. So far, their decisions aren't encouraging.

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Albany: Last Chance to Stop the Wage Thieves

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Traub

It's difficult to imagine anything more basic to a free economy than the right of an employee to be paid for his or her work. Yet this fundamental right is routinely violated in New York's low-wage industries.

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Hooray for Albany? State Legislature Acts to Boost Working People and the Economy

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workplace Protections, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, New York State Senate, Prevailing Wage, Wage Theft, New York News, Wage Theft Prevention Act, New York State Assembly, New York News
Amy Traub

Griping about Albany is always in style. But in the end-of-session frenzy, state legislators are also taking far more positive action on raising workplace standards.

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