Earlier this month, a group of domestic workers who rallied in Rittenhouse Square alleged that many of them were victims of wage theft and other violations of a city law passed in 2020.
About 44% of domestic workers said in a survey they were victims of wage theft, according to the state chapter of National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA).
But they told the group that when they complained to employers about the alleged violations, many of them were retaliated against by firing, or the tarnishing of their reputation with other employers.
They are not alone.
In June, a survey of 1,000 adults by Verfico revealed that many Americans don’t fully understand what wage theft is — fear of retaliation prevents many workers from reporting wage theft — and construction, food service and retail are the top three industries associated with wage theft.
Based in Los Angeles-based, Verfico helps large companies avoid wage theft by using technology to better track wages by subcontractors.
The city of Philadelphia filed suit against a construction company in April for violation of the city’s wage theft laws. It was the first time in several years that the city had done so. Last year, the city hired a lawyer to work on similar cases.
According to the Labor & Industry’s Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, it receives about 8,000 complaints a year.
“The Department of Labor & Industry considers wage theft to be any illegal practice by employers of withholding, not paying, or underpaying...
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