Update: May 23, 2011

Wage Theft in Oregon's Construction Industry Tallied

Today OCPP published a one-page fact sheet analyzing wage claims filed with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) by construction workers over a four-year period ending June 2010. The analysis reveals that wage theft is a significant problem within Oregon's construction industry.

The figures likely reflect just the tip of the iceberg of wage theft within Oregon's construction industry. The numbers capture only the share of construction workers with wage claims who knew about BOLI and sought the bureau's assistance despite the possibility of employer reprisal.

Read the fact sheet The Tip of an Iceberg: Substantial Wage Theft Complaints in Oregon's Construction Industry. Click here for a PDF copy.

The Tip of the Iceberg comes on the heels of an earlier OCPP analysis of wage claims made among all industries in one fiscal year (2009-2010).

SB 612, pending in the House Business and Labor committee, would address wage theft in the construction industry.