Cuyahoga County will no longer do business with companies determined to have stolen from employees. In a county council meeting Tuesday, eight council members voted for the anti-wage theft ordinance with one member recusing himself and another voting against the legislation.
Members of Guardians for Fair Work, a grassroots coalition advocating for pro-worker policies, came out in support of the anti-wage theft ordinance.
“All employees have the right to be confident that their work will be fully and properly compensated,” said bill sponsor and District 2 councilmember Dale Miller
Wage theft occurs when employers steal from employees by paying them less than minimum wage, illegally deducting from their tips, misclassifying employees as independent contractors, not paying them for hours on-call, not paying a rate of 150% for overtime hours and more.
An analysis by Policy Matters Ohio found that 213,000 Ohioans are victims of minimum wage violations every year and, according to the Economic Policy Institute, total earned wages not paid to workers amount to more than $600,000,000 annually, more than all other robberies combined.
“Those wage theft victims in Ohio are over 60% women and disproportionately workers of color. Latino and latina workers are most heavily affected with an average annual wage loss of almost $5,000,” said Matthew Ahn, a visiting assistant professor at the Cleveland University College of Law with Guardians for Fair Work.
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