Federal wage officials are adjusting their enforcement strategy to address the emerging dominance of online retail sales in the clothing supply chain, with the goal of bringing those new digital players to the table to help address widespread wage theft in the US garment industry.
Wage and Hour Division officials have plans to meet with major clothing industry leaders after an audit last year of garment-sewing contractors and manufacturers in Southern California—where a large share of the US clothing industry is concentrated—found an alarming trend of illegal pay practices.
“One of our key strategies as part of strategic enforcement is ...
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