Labor/Employment
Aug. 13, 2014
State Legislature must protect workers from wage theft
The state Legislature needs to enact currently pending legislation to protect low-wage workers from all too-common wage theft. By Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Catherine L. Fisk
Professor
UC Berkeley School of Law
Email: cfisk@berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA
The state Legislature needs to enact currently pending legislation to protect workers from wage theft. Low-wage workers in many settings - day laborers, car wash workers, dishwashers, construction workers - are often deprived of the wages they earn. This occurs with shocking frequency. Sometimes employers simply fail to pay the wages required by agreement and by law. Sometimes employers pay much less than has been earned. ...
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