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Ask anyone working minimum wage jobs to help describe wage theft and they'll give plenty of definitions. I worked at a movie theater as a manager. On slow weekd
by lapetitejort 5y ago
Ask anyone working minimum wage jobs to help describe wage theft and they'll give plenty of definitions. I worked at a movie theater as a manager. On slow weekdays I was scheduled from open to close. But the manager above me added a two hour "lunch break" each day to my time card. Maybe a half hour of that was actual free time. They withheld company policy from me regarding what I was entitled as a full time employee (vacation days, etc). People can get creative when stealing from minimum wage employees.
- ljf 5y agoAn employee steals £20 from the company and the police will come and arrest that person, and they have a good chance to bring a prosecution if they have committed a similar crime before. An employer with-holds/steals/defrauds an employee for £500 or more, and not only will the police not care, they won't even note it as a crime. Best bet is a civil court, but that takes time and can cost money. So most people just move on and the employer does it again and again.
- moate 5y agoIt's almost like it's a feature and not a bug. Like somehow management was able to use all these ill-gotten gains to exert influence on the courts/legislatures to create a more corporate-friendly/employee-hostile environment...