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Wage Theft
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January
Wage Theft: How Millions of Dollars are Stolen from Florida’s Workforce
The report finds that many of Florida’s workforce fall outside of federal labor laws; thus, other enforcement mechanisms such as Miami Dade’s Wage Theft Ordinance are needed to ensure that employees, communities, and local governments will not miss out on millions of stolen wages that are owed to them, and that unscrupulous employers will be penalized for breaking labor laws.The report estimates that nearly 60-90 million dollars are stolen from Florida’s workforce.
August
Planting Seeds of Justice: Combating Wage Theft among South Florida’s Plant Nursery Workers
Wage theft, or the lack of payment of a worker’s partial or full salary through systematic or unintentional action, is often experienced by migratory workers in the United States. Throughout the nation many cases go unreported due to workers’ lack of English skills or because of ignorance of basic labor rights and laws; others stay silent in order to avoid unwanted attention to their lack of legal migratory status.
September
The Current State of Wage Theft in Miami-Dade County
On February 18, 2010, Miami-Dade County commissioners voted 10 to 0 for the passage of the first county wide Wage Theft Ordinance in the country. This report examines wage theft cases collected by the Small Business Development, the county office assigned to administer the Wage Theft Program. The report finds that wage theft claims filed through Small Business Development have been increasing since the Wage Theft Ordinance passed in 2010.
October
Wage Theft in Broward County:The Accumulating Evidence of a Spreading Illegal Anti-Business Practice
This report is part of a series of reports monitoring the growing problem of wage theft in Florida. Using previously analyzed data from the Federal Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and stories collected from various community organizations, this report shows evidence of a widespread problem in Broward County.
