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worked BOH for years, had friends in FOH of many small restaurants and bars for years. Saw all sorts of shady stuff.
by DtnB 8y ago
worked BOH for years, had friends in FOH of many small restaurants and bars for years. Saw all sorts of shady stuff.
- EpicEng 8y agoSure, and murder is still a thing even though we have laws against it. All laws are broken by some people, but the matter at hand isn't "does this ever happen?", it's "does this happen so often as to constitute a massive and consistent pattern of wage theft?"
- DtnB 8y agoFrom another comment: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/restaurant-chains-hit-with-wage-theft-lawsuits_us_59136869e4b0d928baa249b7 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/restaurant-chains-hit-w... https://www.phillyemploymentlawyer.com/wage-theft-epidemic-restaurant-industry/ https://www.phillyemploymentlawyer.com/wage-theft-epidemic-r... https://www.epi.org/publication/employers-steal-billions-from-workers-paychecks-each-year-survey-data-show-millions-of-workers-are-paid-less-than-the-minimum-wage-at-significant-cost-to-taxpayers-and-state-economies/ https://www.epi.org/publication/employers-steal-billions-fro... https://www.restaurant-hospitality.com/legal/la-restaurant-pay-more-500000-wage-theft-violations https://www.restaurant-hospitality.com/legal/la-restaurant-p... https://www.eater.com/2018/9/25/17886990/how-restaurants-steal-from-workers-wage-theft https://www.eater.com/2018/9/25/17886990/how-restaurants-ste...