To combat pervasive wage theft in New York, three new bills were introduced in the legislature that would punish violators.

    • originalucifer
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      525 months ago

      if it ever gets turned into an actual law it will be so full of holes as to be useless.

      • Transient Punk
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        395 months ago

        I’m going to stay hopeful, but you’re both right…

      • @[email protected]
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        65 months ago

        It’ll be on the 20th consecutive time they get caught, with each catch having to be in a new time period. And if they go a year month without offending getting caught their counter resets. Also, if they get a lawyer there’s an arcane legal process to instead jail the employee.

      • @[email protected]
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        35 months ago

        Yeah, notice how it says “proposed.” If it’s good for the general public, Republicans are going to shoot it down.