Progress Illinois reports on the Wage Theft Prevention Act:
Last Thursday, Rep. George Miller (D-California) introduced the Wage Theft Prevention Act (H.R. 3303). Co-sponsored by Illinois’ own Rep. Phil Hare, the bill would freeze the statute of limitations on wage theft investigations from the date an employer is informed of an inquiry until the agency alerts the employer that the investigation has been completed. This change would ensure that delays won’t result in a permanent loss of back pay for workers seeking grievances.
Earlier this summer, Tom moderated a panel at the Printer’s Row Book Fair in Chicago that included Kim Bobo, author of “Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid – And What We Can Do About It”. If you buy two books this year, make sure this is one of them. The other one, of course, is up to you.
(Photo: Chairman Miller asks a question regarding the GAO’s undercover investigation into wage theft of America’s vulnerable workers. Courtesy of House Committee on Education and Labor).
