A recent University of Illinois at Chicago study reports Chicago area workers lose $7.3 million per week in unpaid wages.
The study, "Unregulated Work in Chicago: The Breakdown of Workplace Protections in the Low-Wage Labor Market," also reports the Illinois Department of Labor receives about 10,000 unpaid wage claims each year.
A change in the Wage Payment and Collection Act, which sits on Gov. Quinn's desk waiting for action, defines low wages as cases where employers withhold $3,000 or less from their workers….
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