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Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate shredded documents as he faced a lawsuit accusing him of wage theft
Bernie Moreno, a former car dealership owner, lost in court and settled 14 similar suits just 3 mon…
Bryan Metzger
TikTokers are enthusiastically joining the app's call to wage war on Congress over a potential ban
TikTokers are calling their Congress representatives and recording what they have to say about the …
Lindsay Dodgson
Kroger workers say grocery chain is pocketing their paychecks in new lawsuit: 'This is wage theft, plain and simple'
Kroger staffers claim the grocery giant has garnished paychecks and failed to pay wages since a new…
Aidan Pollard
Slutty Vegan, the buzzy $100 million restaurant empire backed by Shake Shack's Danny Meyer, faces wage theft lawsuits in two states
The lawsuit from Brooklyn staffers is the second suit tied to founder Pinky Cole over unpaid wages …
Jordan Hart
Krispy Kreme agrees to pay workers more than $1.1 million over wage theft claims
The doughnut-maker agreed to make the payments after investigators uncovered "widespread and system…
Charles R. Davis
A restaurant owner who's been a victim of wage theft took tips and overtime worth $94,000 from 31 workers, DOL finds
The Department of Labor recovered $188,000 in back pay and damages for 31 workers at Miguel Chi-dzu…
Stephanie Stacey
Companies withhold billions in wages annually through unpaid tips and overtime. Some lawmakers now demand stricter penalties.
In 2022, workers in low-paid sectors faced numerous wage theft cases, reclaiming millions in unpaid…
Juliana Kaplan
A manager at a Pennsylvania Wendy's invented a fake employee and pocketed wages of $20,000, police say
Police said that the Lancaster store's former general manager manually clocked the "ghost employee"…
Grace Dean
Venezuela has not paid employees at its English-language media operation in months. It's instead relying on Cuban students to win the propaganda war.
TeleSUR English, which launched in 2014, owes employees months of back wages — and is replacing tho…
Charles Davis
Salt Bae's former employees describe tip theft, discrimination, and polyester uniforms within the memeable meat empire
The Instagram-famous butcher is known for his over-the-top antics. A string of lawsuits and intervi…
Sophia Ankel
Amazon will pay contract delivery drivers $8.2 million to settle a wage-theft lawsuit
Contract delivery drivers alleged Amazon was to blame for drivers not receiving legally required br…
Tyler Sonnemaker
Adidas event shut down by protestors as factory wages become hot-button issue for the sneaker and garment industry
Protestors from the Pay Your Workers Campaign on Thursday disrupted a Portland, Oregon, event that …
Matthew Kish
Package theft is now a felony in 8 states and counting as lawmakers crack down on 'porch piracy'
There's no rock-solid way to know how often "porch pirates" strike, and felonizing package theft is…
Emma Cosgrove
McDonald's is paying out $26 million to thousands of workers after settling a wage-theft lawsuit, with employees getting checks for as much as $3,900 in lost wages
Thousands of workers will receive checks for an average of $333.52, with some receiving as much as …
Kate Taylor
Nearly a quarter of Los Angeles fast-food workers have gotten COVID-19, and nearly two-thirds said they were victims of wage theft during the pandemic, new survey finds
A survey of fast-food workers in Los Angeles County found that nearly a quarter got COVID-19, a rat…
Charles Davis
The lowest-earning Americans and the middle class got a pay cut in 2021, while the richest saw the biggest wage growth
The top 1% of earners made 14.6% of all wages in 2021, while the bottom 90% earned their lowest sha…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
Google workers say their contracts prevent them from reporting illegal activity, discrimination, unsafe working conditions, and wage theft
Adecco contractors working for Google claimed in lawsuit they couldn't even "reassure their parents…
Tyler Sonnemaker
7-Eleven owners are using surveillance cameras to prevent workers from stealing, months after some franchisees paid back $173 million over wage-theft accusations
Stores are monitoring workers 24/7 to prevent employee theft and shoplifting, but experts and data …
Tyler Sonnemaker
Retail giants like McDonald's and Walmart stopped fighting a $15 minimum wage. Here are 3 of the new battlegrounds.
The new battlegrounds include tipped minimum wage, joint employment, and opposing "hero pay" regula…
Kate Taylor
Nearly 10,000 workers are accusing Chipotle of wage theft
The lawsuit is called Turner v. Chipotle after Leah Turner, a former manager at a Chipotle restaura…