Posadas [he/him, they/them] to Main • 4 years agoWhy don't MAGgots insist on shooting these looters?imagemessage-square99 fedilinkarrow-up1147
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minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]hexagonhexbear8·4 years agoThat's if you can afford to wait out a court case while also facing the risk of retaliation and possible blacklisting if you try to fight it. Also, even with people trying to win back their wages, total paybacks amount to a pittance to what businesses are able to get away with. 2019 had a "record-breaking" $322 million back wages collected according to the Department of Labor yet businesses get away with an estimated > $15 billion dollars in minimum wage violations every year link
That's if you can afford to wait out a court case while also facing the risk of retaliation and possible blacklisting if you try to fight it.
Also, even with people trying to win back their wages, total paybacks amount to a pittance to what businesses are able to get away with. 2019 had a "record-breaking" $322 million back wages collected according to the Department of Labor yet businesses get away with an estimated > $15 billion dollars in minimum wage violations every year