Even in cases where state regulators have concluded that employers failed to pay workers their wages, employers end up paying
Wage Theft
Wage Theft
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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
Wage theft is inherently challenging to quantify. Wage theft occurs when employers pay workers less than the minimum wage, don’t
OCPP tallies claims against construction, information, hotel and restaurant industries
Wage claims filed with state authorities provide a glimpse of the serious problem of wage theft in Oregon. Wage theft
News Release “This holiday season, don’t let the Grinch get away with stealing your wages. Report him to state authorities.”
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