Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it
Many wage theft victims are never paid a dime. Others are left waiting for months or even years, an investigation by CBS News found.
Many wage theft victims are never paid a dime. Others are left waiting for months or even years, an investigation by CBS News found.
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In collaboration with CalMatters, CBS Sacramento has been investigating wage theft in California — employers failing to pay workers what they're owed. Our findings led to a national CBS News investigation. Now, that wage theft data from across the county reveals how much worse the problem is here. California victims have to wait twice as long for a decision in a wage theft case and are less likely to get paid even after they win.
Many wage theft victims are never paid a dime. Others are left waiting for months or even years, an investigation by CBS News found.
Wage theft robs workers of billions of dollars a year and costs Americans more than any other type of theft. In an effort to identify the scope of wage theft in California and potential solutions, CBS News Sacramento teamed up with the CalMatters "Divide" team to produce this series of reports. The more we reported, the more we learned about how California's system was broken.
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