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States, cities turn to community organizations to battle wage theft by Casey Quinlan, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 4, 2023 About five years ago, most of Minneapolis’ Subway, Little Caesars and McDonald’s franchise restaurants did not comply with city wage standards. Now workers at each of the locations that violated the law receive the required minimum…
Wage theft, which can include not paying workers minimum wage, misclassifying workers to avoid paying overtime and taking tips meant for employees, is a $50 billion problem in the U.S.
Funds from the American Rescue Plan allow cities to form partnerships with community groups to recover unpaid wages
States and cities turned to community organizations to battle wage theft, with help of American Rescue Act funds.
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.“Who is the most annoying president in American history?”That’s a question that New Abnormal politics podcast co-host Andy Levy comedically asks David Roth, editor at and co-owner of Defector and co-host of the Distraction Podcast, and Jeb Lund, a journalist whose writing has appeared in such places as The Guardian, Vice, Rolling Stone, G