This is putting it lightly. By some estimates, it’s larger than every other form of theft combined. Literally over 51% of all theft.

It isn’t all as blatant as this, but it still happens. Timesheets getting subtlety adjusted/rounded in the employer’s favor. Not paying for breaks when they’re legally required to. Requiring employees to work through breaks, while still requiring them to clock out. Requiring employees to show up 15 minutes prior to their shift, to do a morning huddle before everyone clocks in. Mandating what employees can/can’t do during their breaks. Not properly paying for on-call time, or saying someone was only on-call when they should’ve been fully clocked in. Not paying overtime, or telling non-exempt employees that they’re exempt from OT.

The list goes on and on. When people complain about a lack of prosecution for white-collar crime, this is exactly what they’re referring to. Steal a $2 candy bar from a store, and you potentially face criminal prosecution. That same store codifies a procedure that steals $2 from every employee every time they clock in, netting the company millions of dollars throughout the course of the year? The company maybe gets a fine that is less than what it made via the theft, and the employees don’t even get back the full amount that they’re owed.

Should have kept the pictures, let them fire you, then persued for wrongful termination

Even if it was the exact model vehicle you have, that shit is mass produced. Hell, even if it was your exact vehicle, it could have been someone else driving it. When my wife and I had one car, I used to drop my wife off at work and take the car all the time.

You can sometimes get out of traffic camera tickets if they can't prove you were the one driving, even though they have a picture of your license plate.

That would work. In either case, the best course of action is to start documenting the cases of wage theft, start looking for a new job, and then report the employer to the NLRB (in the US).

Usually they don't even have to go far with collecting evidence as many employers that engage in wage theft are pretty brazen about it.

They were doing some sketchy BS last week and I told her she needs to submit complaints to the labor board and the safety board. She doesn’t want to go through all that, which I understand but it lets them keep doing illegal stuff.

Situations like this are simple.

Employee: I haven't been compensated properly

Employer: Usually some sort of bs.

Employee: I'll let the labour board decide who is right.

It's usually the end of it, as nobody want the headache. Because I work in construction the other go to is "should we call health and safety?" Puts an end to all shenanigans immediately.

You can do both you know. Wage theft is illegal.

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