‘We Are Going To Go After Every Single Company Doing This’: State Lawmakers Crack Down On Employers Who Steal Workers’ Wages– Some Colorado employers are stealing the wages of their workers and new research shows it’s hurting all of us. The Colorado Fiscal Institute says last year workers here lost nearly $730 million to wage theft. Meanwhile, the state lost about $45 million in tax revenue for roads, schools and other public services.
Jhoana Garcia is one of them. She says a contractor strung her along for a month with promises she’d get paid while the single mom struggled to feed her kids. In desperation, she filed a complaint with the Department of Labor and won. That was four years ago. She says she still hasn’t been paid. And she’s not alone.
Lmfao. So you’re going to arrest the majority of business owners then? You keep platforming half of them.