And arrested. Someone made those decisions and they should be personally held accountable.
Electronic_Slide_236 on
I was going to say “no one is stealing enough groceries for a felony” and then I remembered stores like Target were going out of their way to let people steal enough just so they could hit them with felony charges.
Still, though, you would generally need to steal quite the shit ton of groceries to hit felony levels.
dalgeek on
Wage theft is the biggest form of theft by a huge margin. Companies rip off employees to the tune of billions per year and all they get is a slap on the wrist if they caught; most of them never get caught though. I worked for a company that promoted people into OT exempt positions (even though they didn’t meet the requirements) then pushed them to work double shifts. Eventually someone turned them into the labor board and after an audit some of those people got checks for $10-30k for unpaid OT. That probably wasn’t even the full scope of what they were owed, just what could be validated through tickets and emails. The company got a minor fine and no other penalties.
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This is true; the original story on Bloomberg is behind a paywall but the NY Post has an article. and I’ve posted the link:
[https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/business/uber-lyft-avoided-millions-in-pay-by-locking-nyc-drivers-out-of-apps-report/](https://nypost.com/2024/10/11/business/uber-lyft-avoided-millions-in-pay-by-locking-nyc-drivers-out-of-apps-report/)
[For reference on wage theft](https://www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage-theft-vs-other-forms-of-theft-in-the-u-s/)
Uber and Lyft should be banned as a company.
And arrested. Someone made those decisions and they should be personally held accountable.
I was going to say “no one is stealing enough groceries for a felony” and then I remembered stores like Target were going out of their way to let people steal enough just so they could hit them with felony charges.
Still, though, you would generally need to steal quite the shit ton of groceries to hit felony levels.
Wage theft is the biggest form of theft by a huge margin. Companies rip off employees to the tune of billions per year and all they get is a slap on the wrist if they caught; most of them never get caught though. I worked for a company that promoted people into OT exempt positions (even though they didn’t meet the requirements) then pushed them to work double shifts. Eventually someone turned them into the labor board and after an audit some of those people got checks for $10-30k for unpaid OT. That probably wasn’t even the full scope of what they were owed, just what could be validated through tickets and emails. The company got a minor fine and no other penalties.