Tag: wage theft

Inglewood Car Wash Fined Over $900,000 for Wage Theft Violations

November 30, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—An Inglewood car wash has been fined over $900,000 for alleged wage theft violations, the Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Nov. 29. The state labor department said its investigation found that 15 workers at Shine N Brite car wash were paid a flat daily rate as low as $70 for 8–10 hours of work. Workers…

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Criminalization Must be Introduced to Eliminate Wage Theft: Senate Committee

April 1, 2022
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A Senate committee is calling for the criminalisation of wage theft to end the “shameful” practice that often targets vulnerable and low-skilled workers. The Senate Economics References Committee, which is led by the Labor party, has released a report detailing the current situation of wage theft in the country and proposing measures to tackle this…

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One of Australia’s Most Prestigious Universities is Alleged to Have taken $17 Million in Wage Payments

September 21, 2021
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One of Australia’s most prestigious universities, RMIT University in Melbourne, has been accused of significant and systemic wage theft by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The union alleged hundreds of casual academic staff were affected over several years. In a media release on Sept. 20, the NTEO said according to its calculations, RMIT allegedly underpaid hundreds…

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One of Australia’s Most Prestigious Universities is Alleged to Have Withheld $17 Million in Wage Payments

September 21, 2021
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One of Australia’s most prestigious universities, RMIT University in Melbourne, has been accused of significant and systemic wage theft by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). The union alleged hundreds of casual academic staff were affected over several years. In a media release on Sept. 20, the NTEO said according to its calculations, RMIT allegedly underpaid hundreds…

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On the Climate Front: Tensions Where Green Jobs Meet Blue Collars

March 25, 2021
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The construction workers who traveled to central Kansas to erect a wind farm for utility giant American Electric Power thought it would be a good job. Then they fell victim to the troubling side of the renewable power industry. The nomadic band of workers had come to the Flat Ridge III project from Texas, Michigan…

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