Study: 32,000 Twin Cities area workers illegally paid less than minimum wage - Minnesota Reformer
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Employers are illegally paying less than minimum wage to an estimated 32,000 workers in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, according to a new report from the Workplace Justice Lab at Rutgers University. On average, workers were shorted $2,700 per year over the past decade with violations concentrated in high-demand, service sector jobs in places like […]
  • Antiwork [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    I wonder how these businesses will be punished. What do you think? My guess they'll have to pay half the stolen wages and that's it

  • operacion_ogro [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    10 years ago I was earning $2.13/hour as a tipped wage earner. Employers are "supposed" to give you the regular minimum wage if your tips don't make up for it, but I imagine a lot don't, and I imagine this happens in every state with similar tipped wages

  • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    But remember, it is China that routinely underpays their workers, I know because I watched several documentaries on it in highschool and college.