"Not paying wages according to the letter of the law is not the same as stealing money from people" It absolutely, positively, is. "and employers, like most p

"Not paying wages according to the letter of the law is not the same as stealing money from people" It absolutely, positively, is. "and employers, like most people who cheat on regulations, often can't or won't shoulder the extra cost if those regulations are suddenly enforced, and will cut hours or people instead." Why on earth does anyone think this is a valid argument? "If we don't let them cheat their employees and fuck them over, they won't offer a job so they can fuck employees over"? "Workers are certainly being shafted but probably not anywhere near to the extent in reality as is being presented here in theory." You're going to have to provide your own evidence for this statement. "In any event, it's very different problem than property theft and shouldn't be compared as such." Wrong. If anything, it's worse, because an employer committing wage theft is abusing a position of power over their employee.