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Title: Employers forced to repay $30 million in stolen wages since 2014

*Author: *Lydia DePilis Source: Houston Chronicle Date: Sept 25, 2017 Summary: Over the past few years, studies by the Department of Labor https://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/completed-studies/WageViolationsReportDecember2014.pdfand academics http://www.nelp.org/publication/broken-laws-unprotected-workers-violations-of-employment-and-labor-laws-in-americas-cities/ have found that wage theft — underpayment of workers by means such as making them work off the clock or failing to pay overtime — is rampant in America. All too often, it goes unreported and unprosecuted.

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