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Our analysis shows that $3.24 billion in stolen wages was recovered for workers from 2017 to 2020 by the U.S. Department of Labor, state agencies, and class action litigation. However, it’s critical to remember that this statistic is not representative of all wage theft in the United States, as federal and state recovery continue to lag, and the vast majority of workers will never file a claim to recover stolen wages. For example, Estlund (2018) estimates that 98% of low-wage, private-sector, nonunion employees subject to forced arbitration do not file a wage claim when their wages are stolen (cited in Baran and Campbell 2021).

Quote (WastedPenguinz @ 16 May 2022 18:20)

greed disappears along with capitalism ofc

Quote (Malignanttumor666 @ May 17 2022 05:24pm)

still a lot better than pos socialism.

Quote (Surfpunk @ May 17 2022 02:07pm)

More money is stolen through various forms of wage theft than through all forms of robbery/larceny/burglary COMBINED.

https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hundreds/

https://www.tcworkerscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wage-Theft-vs-Other-Theft-1024x730.jpg

Quote (thundercock @ May 17 2022 04:32pm)

Interesting. I didn't know it was that bad.

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ May 17 2022 03:17pm)

This is how all capitalist systems end up. You don't have capital? Fuck you. The entire point is to be profitable, and you can't be a source of profit without having capital.

In an ideal world you have strong government agencies to make up that difference and incentivize things that need to be incentivized that aren't profit-based. Like public good projects, working representation, etc. etc. But our system has massively failed on that front.