Payday arrived, but the paychecks did not.
The news broke last month of a dozen workers scrubbing floors at a Safeway warehouse in Clackamas who claim that the temp agency that hired them repeatedly failed to pay. Fortunately for them, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) says it's going after the temp agency for the unpaid wages. If that fails, BOLI says they will put Safeway on the hook for the wages owed.
Unfortunately, though it rarely makes news, wage theft is all too common these days. And it is making life more difficult for many workers who already earn too little.
Wage theft affects a significant share of the lowest-paid workers. In a landmark study published earlier this year, researchers from the National Employment Law Project surveyed workers in low-wage industries in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. They found that a quarter of these workers -- one out of four -- were paid less than minimum wage in the previous work week.
The fleecing of workers did not end there. Of the…
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