Just had reason to post this article in another topic, might as well post it here too:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owed-employers-face-little-accountability-for-wage-theft/
Even when workers won their claims, more than a third of those successful cases totaling nearly a billion dollars showed no money was ever recovered.
That's a scenario Texas construction worker Oscar Torres knows all too well. In the last four years, the Texas Workforce Commission has ruled in his favor in four separate wage theft cases, but he still hasn't seen a dime.
In his most recent claim, Torres said his employer a small remodeling company didn't pay him for 10 full days of work.
Torres said every time he wins a case, the companies that owe him "just disappear" and the state can't recover any of his money.
A spokesperson for the Texas Workforce Commission confirmed Torres' story to CBS News Dallas-Ft. Worth, acknowledging he was awarded money in all four cases, but none has been paid.
To make matters worse, state wage theft cases often take months or even years to be decided. The median case among those CBS News analyzed lasted more than six months. Many dragged on for a year or more.