Tag: wage theft
CWA call center activists reach $170,000 overtime settlement with General Dynamics...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has agreed to pay $170,000 to settle Fair Labor Standards Act claims brought by a number of...
Unchecked corporate power: Forced arbitration, and how workers are fighting back
One year ago, in Epic Systems v. Lewis, the Supreme Court ruled that employers can strip workers of their right to join together in...
Trump DOL’s joint-employer rule would cost workers more than $1 billion...
The Trump Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing a joint-employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would cost workers more than...
At least $2 billion in stolen wages recovered in ’15, ’16
Represents only a fraction of total stolen wages
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) finds that employers stole about $2 billion from...