The amount of money employers had
to pay because they were found guilty of wage theft is nearly three
times greater than all the money stolen in robberies, according to a new
report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).EPI gathered
figures of money recovered for victims of wage theft - which occurs when
an employer has workers perform tasks off the clock or pay for their
own uniforms, violating labor laws - from the Department of Labor, state
labor departments, state attorneys general, and research firms. In
2012, $933 million was paid in back wages for wage theft violations,
although that figure is an under-count because there were six state
departments of labor and five attorneys general the organization
couldn't contact.
Compare that to the less than $350 million
stolen in all robberies, including from banks, residences, stores, and
on the street in 2012. That's not just the figure for those that were
solved, but for any robbery simply reported to the police.
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