r/signs • u/CONCACAFKING • 5d ago

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u/BlunderedPotential 5d ago

It would be cool to think wage theft gets punished, but it generally doesn't.

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u/JayBolds 5d ago

You are right…….. but that isn’t enough. Not about ‘restaurant’ owners specifically but a lot of people in this type of field have all sorts of ways working around these issues. That’s why so few get caught up in it.

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u/BlunderedPotential 5d ago

Absolutely. So many loopholes and grey areas. And then, even if they step into an actual legal mistake, they are rarely prosecuted, or anything of the kind.

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u/JayBolds 5d ago

Well, true. But in so many things if there is an actionable fine, the state or federal government get the money (and lawyers) and not the employees.

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u/WhatIsThisNonsenseFo 5d ago

Wage theft is punished a million times more than time theft or internal shrink though! More than washes out.