Among all industries in Oregon, the construction industry is one of the most fraught with wage theft. Many construction workers

The failure of employers to pay workers the wages they have earned harms families and the public. It increases poverty,

Oregon devotes far fewer resources protecting workers cheated out of their wages by employers than it did a generation ago,

Combating theft — especially stealing from some of the most vulnerable Oregonians — ought not be controversial. It should be

Even in cases where state regulators have concluded that employers failed to pay workers their wages, employers end up paying

Over a recent one-year period, food service and construction workers filed more wage theft claims with the Oregon Bureau of

Even in cases where state authorities have found that employers failed to pay workers their wages and sought payment, employers

Wage claims filed recently with state officials show that the problem of wage theft in Oregon has not gone away.

As OCPP wrote recently, research shows that wage theft is a widespread problem in Oregon and the nation. Wage theft