Among all industries in Oregon, the construction industry is one of the most fraught with wage theft. Many construction workers
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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.
News Release Many Oregon workers face a more difficult and uncertain path to recovering wages stolen by employers, now that
As OCPP wrote recently, research shows that wage theft is a widespread problem in Oregon and the nation. Wage theft
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