wage theft committee meeting WAGE THEFT COMMITTEE UPDATES This hard-working committee is tracking almost a dozen cases of stolen wages—some people have received full or partial payments, and others are still in the works. One worker collected $913, another has been offered $1300 but is owed $2100. Another worker, who had worked many, many hours of overtime, was paid for regular work but not for the time-and-a-half he was owed. The committee is in regular touch with the employer. One case has been filed with the NJ Department of Labor which is following up—but now the worker has disappeared. A large law firm agreed to take a case where the worker is owed about $20,000. After many months the case went to trial—and the employer’s attorney did not show! So the worker won by default, including attorneys’ fees. The law firm has hired a ... Read more