Wage Theft
In Minnesota, Wage Theft Will be a Felony
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The new wage theft provisions are a resounding victory for the worker advocacy organizations who led the fight to hold employers accountable.
Commentary
(Op-ED) Keith Ellison: Time to Address Wage Theft is Now
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HF 6, authored by Rep. Tim Mahoney, a union pipefitter, and SF 1933, authored by Sen. Bobby Joe Champion – that will give us more tools and resources to charge people with the crime of wage theft and prosecute it more aggressively.
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Testimony at MN Capitol underscores need for stronger wage theft laws
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Workers and business owners highlighted the need for stronger wage theft laws at the Minnesota Capitol on February 6. The hearing before the Minnesota House Labor Committee was the first stop for HF6, a bipartisan bill that would set rules and penalties for employers who fail to pay wages earned by their employees.
Immigration
The Fight Against Labor Trafficking Expands
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Momentum is building in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota to challenge labor trafficking and its root causes.
Wage Theft
Lennar Homes Continued using Scandal Ridden Company Until June 2018
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New information has surfaced that the single largest home-builder in the Twin Cities metro area for every year since 2006, Lennar, has used American Contractors and Associates (ACA) on multiple projects until June 2018.
Wage Theft
Contractor Ricardo Batres Charged with Labor Trafficking, Revealing Immigrant Worker Abuse
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Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announces labor trafficking charge against contractor Ricardo Batres. It is one of the first times a labor trafficking charge has been brought in Minnesota.
Wage Theft
Residential construction industry built on ‘payroll fraud’ model
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Jose Ramirez had never heard the term “wage theft,” but he knew he was being cheated when a roofing subcontractor refused to pay him.