My employer was constantly violating labor laws while I worked there. Protection in my case meant an opportunity to spend months, or even a year, taking a case

My employer was constantly violating labor laws while I worked there. Protection in my case meant an opportunity to spend months, or even a year, taking a case to my state’s Division of Labor over a few hundred dollars. Fortunately for me, my family had money so I didn’t have to worry about it. Had I not come from means, reporting a pay dispute like that might’ve cost me my job and possibly my reputation. Labor laws, although well intended, do not do enough to deter businesses from stealing from the poor.