Author Kim Bobo Part Two: Wage Theft Is Reduced By Unions – 12/23/08
pToday we continue our discussion with Kim Bobo, author of the new book Wage Theft In America. In her book Bobo notes a number of cases where wage theft has been prevalent. One involved a car wash in Tennessee. /p
p[Bobo1]: Here’s a car wash company that employs primarily homeless men from various shelters. The men show up at work, but they are not clocked in until the car enters the car wash, and they are clocked out once the car exits the car wash. So they are required to be on the premises for 12-14 hours a day, but they are only paid for seven hours a day. That is flat out illegal./p
pAccording to Bobo wage theft doesn’t only occur with small businesses. Not surprisingly she mentioned Wal-Mart, which is currently facing more than 60 court challenges regarding wage theft./p
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