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May 5, 2021 Ruth Palacios and Arturo Xelo, a married couple from Mexico, work at their fruit stand in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. They worked seven days a week for months disinfecting COVID-19 patient rooms at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, but werent paid overtime Palacios says. The couple filed a federal lawsuit against the contractor that hired them, alleging their pay was cut without their knowledge from...

How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it Follow Us Question of the Day       Ruth Palacios and Arturo Xelo, a married couple from Mexico, work at their fruit stand in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. They worked seven days a week for months disinfecting ... more > By ALEXIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPBELL and JOE YERARDI - Associated Press - ...

Wage theft: How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it Updated 9:38 AM; Today 9:38 AM Fidel Martinez stands for a portrait at one of his former worksites in Minneapolis on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Martinez worked for a demolition contractor in the fall of 2020, demolishing several Walgreens stores and other structures. Martinez said the contractor owed him and his co-workers more than $20,000. His boss kept telling him the money was coming, but he would get his paychecks wee...

by Alexia FernáNdez Campbell And Joe Yerardi, The Associated Press Posted May 4, 2021 1:21 am ADT Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 1:25 am ADT Ruth Palacios and Arturo Xelo, a married couple from Mexico, work at their fruit stand in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. They worked seven days a week for months disinfecting COVID-19 patient rooms at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, but werent paid overtime Palacios says. The...

Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard: employers who steal their wages. Some economists say wage theft is so pervasive that it’s costing workers at least $15 billion a year.

US companies that cheat workers out of pay unlikely to be fined or punished, Labor Department data found By Alexia Fernandez Campbell and Joe Yerardi The Center for Public Integrity Published  Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their wages. When a recession hits, U.S. companies are more likely to stiff their lowest-wage workers. These businesses often pay less than th...

How Businesses Get Away With Ripping Off Poor Employees Child care workers, gas station clerks, restaurant servers and security guards are often at risk of being cheated by their employers. Alexia Fernåndez and Joe Yerardi Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their wages. When a recession hits, U.S. companies are more likely to stiff their lowest-wage workers. These bus...

How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it U.S. companies that cheat their workers out of pay are unlikely to be fined or punished even after theyre caught, The Center for Public Integrity found. Author: ALEXIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPBELL and JOE YERARDI (The Center for Public Integrity) Published: 6:48 AM MST May 4, 2021 Updated: 6:48 AM MST May 4, 2021 Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggl...

U.S. companies are stealing pay from low-wage workers, report says May 4, 2021 / 11:18 AM / AP On a Tuesday afternoon last June, Humberto was yanking old wires from the walls of a middle school in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, when his cellphone rang. Humbertos wife, who had just returned from her weekly trip to the grocery store, was on the line.  "Our account is negative," she said. The 45-year-old electrician, who spoke on the condition that he be identified by his middle name because...

Some employers ripping off their own workers ... and getting away with it Updated May 04, 2021; Posted May 04, 2021 Ruth Palacios and Arturo Xelo, a married couple from Mexico, work at their fruit stand in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. They worked seven days a week for months disinfecting COVID-19 patient rooms at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, but werent paid overtime, Palacios says. (Marshall Ritzel, Associated Press) Facebook Share...