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New RI law will make wage theft a felony (www.wpri.com)
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[–] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago

True, but as they noted in the article, this gives the law a few more teeth, like the ability to extradite people, so while it likely won't effect the big corporations, I think small fly by night companies that avoid the law by moving out of state will be held accountable.