Comment on Epstein puts my morality into perspective
Auth@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoNo, lets be clear wage theft covers a lot of things. Here we are talking about a very specific situation where an employer is clearly violating the FLSA. You can even see it in this thread, so many people dont even believe that its illegal. So they dont even know they can sue for it.
“they’re going to find an arbitrary reason, or better yet write down “I didn’t like that person” because it’s a right to work state and even in non right to work states” nah that does not hold up in court. A judge isnt going to look at an employer getting sued for wage theft and then said oh i guess you just happened to fire this person. Nah thats never goign to hold up. Also yes US labor laws are fucking dogshit but they exist.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They may succeed with the lawsuit, but that job is gone, and it’s gone the moment it’s filed.
The path of least resistance is unionization, and it would accomplish more faster.
Auth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unionization is great but thats a much bigger ask and far less likely to suceed. And risker as the employee can be fired with no protection as soon as they’re found trying to unionize.
I think employees should be trying to unionize as a default and then if they’re the victim of wage theft seek legal recourse.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I can agree with the second part 100%
The first though, the same lack of employee protections against forming a union are the same that will get you canned for bringing a lawsuit.
Auth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Being fired for forming a union is a completely different case than committing wage theft then firing your employee for bringing it up.