Further deep dive thought: any instance of wage theft - 'accidental' or otherwise- prompts an immediate audit into the entire business and all employee pay rates.
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I'm surprised it hasn't been a law already?? Forget calling it "wage theft", it's literally just "theft".
I'm surprised it hasn't been a law already??
why would it be? the people who make laws don't work for wages, they pay them.
"deliberate" seems like a pretty high bar. Of course it doesn't stop employer groups crying that literally stealing is being made illegal.
i’d imagine if an employee brings up that they’re being underpaid (perhaps anonymously), and then nothing changes then that constituted deliberate
Wow, kinda late on that one. Also, deliberate can be difficult to prove. I'm not entitled to break the law by accident, so why are they?
It's not hard (this isn't legal advice). If you find there has been an error (intentional or otherwise), document it, send it to them in writing.
They're now fucked if they are in the wrong because now they know, and if they continue to not pay you, or threaten you job over it, they're risking a lot more than before.