Economists estimate wage theft costs workers more than $15 billion a year. Journalists at the Center for Public Integrity spent a year investigating how widespread the practice is and how effectively the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division combats this systemic problem. Now we’re making the data and code that drove these investigations […]
Category: Cheated at Work
U.S employers that illegally underpay workers face few repercussions, even when they do so repeatedly. This widespread practice perpetuates income inequality, hitting lowest-paid workers hardest.
